Exploring the use of molecular epidemiology to track bovine tuberculosis in Nigeria: An overview from 2002 to 2004

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Cadmus, S I B ^a   Gordon, S V ^b,d   Hewinson, R G ^b   Smith, N H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Molecular epidemiology; Molecular tools; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; DELETION TYPING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOLIGOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 79957485951     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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