Limitations of spoligotyping and variable-number tandem-repeat typing for molecular tracing of Mycobacterium bovis in a high-diversity setting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3361-3364

  Rodriguez Campos, Sabrina ^a   Aranaz, Alicia ^a   De Juan, Lucía ^a   Sáez Llorente, José Luis ^b   Romero, Beatriz ^a   Bezos, Javier ^a   Jiménez, Antonio ^c   Mateos, Ana ^a   Domínguez, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio de Producción Y Sanidad Animal de Córdoba   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPACAS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPOLIGOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

LAMA PACOS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 80052217791     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00301-11     Document Type: Article

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