Tracing the origins of Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in humans in the USA to cattle in Mexico using spoligotyping

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Rodwell, Timothy C ^a   Kapasi, Anokhi J ^a   Moore, Marisa ^b,c   Milian Suazo, Feliciano ^d   Harris, Beth ^e   Guerrero, L P ^d   Moser, Kathleen ^c   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Garfein, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^e National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SPACER OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TYPING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 77957361061     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.037     Document Type: Article

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