MIRU-VNTR typing of Mycobacterium avium in animals and humans: Heterogeneity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis versus homogeneity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium strains

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Pate, M ^a   Kusar D ^a   Zolnir Dovc M ^b   Ocepek, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b University Clinic for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Discriminatory index; Genotyping; MIRU VNTR; Mycobacterium avium; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNITS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT TYPING; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; SLOVENIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. AVIUM;

EID: 80555145752     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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