Molecular typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated in Italy from 2000 to 2006 and evaluation of variable-number tandem repeats for geographically optimized genotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 636-644

  Boniotti, M B ^a   Goria, Maria ^b   Loda, Daniela ^a   Garrone, Annalisa ^b   Benedetto, Alessandro ^b   Mondo, Alessandra ^c   Tisato, Ernesto ^d   Zanoni, Mariagrazia ^a   Zoppi, Simona ^b   Dondo, Alessandro ^b   Tagliabue, Silvia ^a   Bonora, Stefano ^c   Zanardi, Giorgio ^a   Pacciarini, M Lodovica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTERSPERSED REPEAT; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 62749161116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01192-08     Document Type: Article

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