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Inter- and intra-subtype genotypic differences that differentiate Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis strains.
BMC microbiology - 19 Nov 2012
Biet Franck, Sevilla Iker A, Cochard Thierry, Lefrançois Louise H, Garrido Joseba M, Heron Ian, Juste Ramón A, McLuckie Joyce, Thibault Virginie C, Supply Philip, Collins Desmond M, Behr Marcel A, Stevenson Karen
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) is the aetiological agent of Johne's disease or paratuberculosis and is included within the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Map strains are of two major types often referred to as 'Sheep' or 'S-type' and 'Cattle' or 'C-type'. With the advent of more discriminatory typing techniques it has been possible to further classify the S-type strains into...
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