MIRU-VNTR typing adds discriminatory value to groups of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae strains defined by spoligotyping

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Duarte, E L ^a,b   Domingos, M ^a   Amado, A ^a   Cunha, M V ^a   Botelho, A ^a  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; MIRU VNTR typing; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium caprae; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HERD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE;

EID: 77953124047     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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