Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of domesticated Asian elephants, Thailand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1949-1951

  Angkawanish, Taweepoke ^a,d   Wajjwalku, Worawidh ^b   Sirimalaisuwan, Anucha ^c   Mahasawangkul, Sittidet ^a   Kaewsakhorn, Thattawan ^c   Boonsri, Kittikorn ^c   Rutten, Victor P M G ^d,e  

^a FOREST INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THAILAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELEPHANTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78649601823     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100862     Document Type: Article

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