Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Humans and Cattle

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 251-264

  El Sayed, A ^a   El Shannat, S ^a   Kamel, M ^a,b   Castaneda Vazquez M A ^c   Castaneda Vazquez H ^c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Molecular Epidemiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TANDEM REPEAT; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84951861905     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12242     Document Type: Review

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