Field-Isolated Genotypes of Mycobacterium bovis Vary in Virulence and Influence Case Pathology but Do Not Affect Outbreak Size

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Wright, David M ^a   Allen, Adrian R ^b   Mallon, Thomas R ^b   McDowell, Stanley W J ^b   Bishop, Stephen C ^c   Glass, Elizabeth J ^c   Bermingham, Mairead L ^c   Woolliams, John A ^c   Skuce, Robin A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERD; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRELAND; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN TEST; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884514725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074503     Document Type: Article

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