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Potential challenges to the Stop TB Plan for humans in China; cattle maintain M. bovis and M. tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2009
Chen Yingyu, Chao Yanjie, Deng Quantao, Liu Tao, Xiang Jie, Chen Jun, Zhou Jinhai, Zhan Zhihua, Kuang Youji, Cai Hong, Chen Huanchun, Guo Aizhen
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Thirty-eight cows in a herd were determined to be positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The bacterial isolation and characterization with multiplex PCR identified six Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. The Mycobacterium bovis and M. tuberculosis infection induced comparable pathology in cattle in both gross pathology and histopathology based on the qualitative assessment of the sampled lung tissues. The...
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