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Tuberculosis in seals caused by a novel member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Mycobacterium pinnipedii sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Cousins Debby V, Bastida Ricardo, Cataldi Angel, Quse Viviana, Redrobe Sharon, Dow Sue, Duignan Padraig, Murray Alan, Dupont Christine, Ahmed Niyaz, Collins Des M, Butler W Ray, Dawson David, Rodríguez Diego, Loureiro Julio, Romano Maria Isabel, Alito A, Zumarraga M, Bernardelli Amelia
Abstract excerpt
A comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from seals (pinnipeds) in Australia, Argentina, Uruguay, Great Britain and New Zealand was undertaken to determine their relationships to each other and their taxonomic position within the complex. Isolates from 30 cases of tuberculosis in six species of pinniped and seven related isolates were compared to representative and standard strains of the M....
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