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Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2012
van Ingen Jakko, Rahim Zeaur, Mulder Arnout, Boeree Martin J, Simeone Roxane, Brosch Roland, van Soolingen Dick
Abstract excerpt
The oryx bacilli are Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms for which phylogenetic position and host range are unsettled. We characterized 22 isolates by molecular methods and propose elevation to subspecies status as M. orygis. M. orygis is a causative agent of tuberculosis in animals and humans from Africa and South Asia.
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