Novel cause of tuberculosis in meerkats, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2004-2007

  Parsons, Sven D C ^a   Drewe, Julian A ^b   van Pittius, Nicolaas C Gey ^a   Warren, Robin M ^a,c   van Helden, Paul D ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SURICATTAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

MEERKAT; MYCOBACTERIUM SURICATTAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURICATE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HERPESTIDAE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84888118616     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130268     Document Type: Article

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