African 1, an epidemiologically important clonal complex of mycobacterium bovis dominant in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1951-1960

  Müller, Borna ^a   Hilty, Markus ^b   Berg, Stefan ^c   Garcia Pelayo, M Carmen ^c   Dale, James ^c   Boschiroli, M Laura ^d   Cadmus, Simeon ^e   Ngandolo, Bongo Naré Richard ^f   Godreuil, Sylvain ^g   Diguimbaye Djaibé, Colette ^f   Kazwala, Rudovick ^h   Bonfoh, Bassirou ⁱ   Njanpop Lafourcade, Betty M ^j   Sahraoui, Naima ^k,l   Guetarni, Djamel ^k   Aseffa, Abraham ^m   Mekonnen, Meseret H ^m   Razanamparany, Voahangy Rasolofo ⁿ   Ramarokoto, Herimanana ⁿ   Djønne, Berit ^o   Oloya, James ^p   Machado, Adelina ^q   Mucavele, Custodia ^q   Skjerve, Eystein ^r   Portaels, Francoise ^s   Rigouts, Leen ^s   Michel, Anita ^t   Müller, Annélle ^u   Källenius, Gunilla ^v   Van Helden, Paul D ^u   Hewinson, R Glyn ^c   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a   Gordon, Stephen V ^w   Smith, Noel H ^c,x   more..

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c VLA Weybridge   (United Kingdom)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^f Laboratoire de Recherches Veterinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha   (Chad)

^g HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^h SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

ⁱ CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^l University of El Tarf   (Algeria)

^m ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

ⁿ INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^o NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^p MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^q EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^r NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^s INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^t ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^u UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^v KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^w UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; SPACER DNA;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CHAD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ETHIOPIA; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; IRAN; MADAGASCAR; MALI; MOZAMBIQUE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 63049136140     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01590-08     Document Type: Article

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