Mycobacteria and disease in Southern Africa

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages 147-156

  Botha, L ^a   Gey van Pittius, N C ^a   van Helden, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

M. bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; NTM; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; M. BOVIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NTM; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WILD ANIMAL;

M. BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NTM; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84886810961     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12159     Document Type: Review

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