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Human Mycobacterium bovis infections in London and Southeast England.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Stone M J, Brown T J, Drobniewski F A
Abstract excerpt
Variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) and spoligotyping analyses were used to assess transmission of Mycobacterium bovis between humans. VNTR was more discriminatory than spoligotyping. Low case numbers, despite a substantial animal reservoir, and resolution of all isolates provided no evidence of recent human-to-human transmission or recent significant infection from animals.
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