Genotyping North American animal Mycobacterium bovis isolates using multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 707-715

  Martinez, Lorene R ^a   Harris, Beth ^b   Black IV, William C ^a   Meyer, Robert M ^b   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Vissa, Varalakshmi D ^a   Jones, Robert L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 57749170500     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000601     Document Type: Article

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