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Molecular discrimination of Mycobacterium bovis in São Paulo, Brazil.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2013
Rocha Vivianne Cambuí Figueiredo, de Figueiredo Salomão Cambuí, Rosales Cesar Alejandro Rodriguez, de Hildebrand e Grisi Filho José Henrique, Keid Lara Borges, Soares Rodrigo Martins, Ferreira Neto José Soares
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, is the most common agent of cattle tuberculosis, a zoonosis that causes losses in meat and milk production in several countries. In order to support epidemiological studies aimed at controlling the disease, several methods for molecular discrimination of M. bovis isolates have recently been developed. The most frequently used are spacer...
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