'Emerging' mycobacteria in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 210-214

  Van Helden, P D ^a   Parsons, S D C ^a   Gey Van Pittius, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animalia; Mycobacteria; Speciation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BABOON; HYAENA; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GOODII; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SURICATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GOODII; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; ORYX; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE; SURICATA SURICATTA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952491316     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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