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Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis using multi-locus short sequence repeat (MLSSR) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing methods.
Veterinary microbiology - 5 May 2011
Douarre P E, Cashman W, Buckley J, Coffey A, O'Mahony J
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The aim of this study was to characterize 38 bovine strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolated in Ireland using 11 multi locus short sequence repeat (MLSSR) loci and 8 mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) loci. The discriminatory power of these two typing methods alone and combined was evaluated, as was the epidemiology of the isolates and...
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