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Different Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MIRU-VNTR patterns coexist within cattle herds.
Veterinary microbiology - 24 Mar 2011
van Hulzen K J E, Heuven H C M, Nielen M, Hoeboer J, Santema W J, Koets A P
Abstract excerpt
A better understanding of the biodiversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) offers more insight in the epidemiology of paratuberculosis and therefore may contribute to the control of the disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity in bovine MAP isolates using PCR-based methods detecting genetic elements called Variable-Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) and Mycobacterial...
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