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MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS IN EIGHT SPECIES AT THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1991–2001
1 Dec 2003
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Between 1991 and 2001 a total of 12 cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in eight different species were recorded in the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria (Tshwane). The genetic relatedness between seven of the M. tuberculosis isolates was determined by IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. For the majority of isolates that were analyzed, a high degree of...
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