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Identification of a familial cluster of pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis disease.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Sept 2004
LoBue P A, Betancourt W, Cowan L, Seli L, Peter C, Moser K S
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: Local public health department. DESIGN: Retrospective review of a cluster of three pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis cases occurring in a family, with genotyping of M. bovis strains isolated from the family members. RESULTS: The genotypes of the M. bovis isolates were identical, as determined by three different methods: IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism, spoligoytping and mycobacterial...
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