Spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeat analysis of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from cattle in Brazil

We performed spoligotyping and 12-mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTRs) typing to characterise Mycobacterium bovis isolates collected from tissue samples of bovines with lesions suggestive for tuberculosis during slaughter inspection procedures in aba...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Martins Parreiras, Giovanna Ivo Andrade, Telma de Figueiredo do Nascimento, Maraníbia Cardoso Oelemann, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Andrea Padilha de Alencar, Ronnie Antunes de Assis, Pedro Moacyr Pinto Coelho Mota, Márcia Aparecida da Silva Pereira, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Andrey Pereira Lage, Philip Noel Suffys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000100009&lng=en&tlng=en