Pathology of camel tuberculosis and molecular characterization of its causative agents in pastoral regions of Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mamo, Gezahegne ^a,b   Bayleyegn, Gizachew ^a   Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay ^a   Legesse, Mengistu ^a,b   Medhin, Girmay ^a   Bjune, Gunnar ^b   Abebe, Fekadu ^b   Ameni, Gobena ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; LUNG LOBE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMELIDAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMELS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79551530141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015862     Document Type: Article

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