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Effectiveness of combination of Mini-and Microsatellite loci to sub-type Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Italian type C isolates.
BMC veterinary research - 19 Sept 2011
Ricchi Matteo, Barbieri Gianluca, Taddei Roberta, Belletti Gian L, Carra Elena, Cammi Giuliana, Garbarino Chiara A, Arrigoni Norma
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) is the etiological agent of paratuberculosis. The aim of our study was to combine Mini-and Microsatellite loci analysis in order to explore the effectiveness of this sub-typing method in a group of Map isolates. For this purpose, 84 Italian Type C Map isolates, each from a different cattle herd, were submitted to MIRU-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeats...
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