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Genetic diversity of human isolates of Mycobacterium bovis assessed by spoligotyping and Variable Number Tandem Repeat genotyping.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2011
Lari Nicoletta, Bimbi Nicola, Rindi Laura, Tortoli Enrico, Garzelli Carlo
Abstract excerpt
A collection of clinical isolates including 9 Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), 37 M. bovis and 1 isolate identified as M. bovis/caprae intermediate, recovered from humans in Tuscany, Italy, from 1990 to 2009, was genotyped by spoligotyping and Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) typing. Spoligotyping detected 15 unique profiles; the "BCG-like" SIT482/SB0120 spoligotype was largely prevalent...
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