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Shared Mycobacterium avium genotypes observed among unlinked clinical and environmental isolates.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Dirac M Ashworth, Weigel Kris M, Yakrus Mitchell A, Becker Annie L, Chen Hui-Ling, Fridley Gina, Sikora Arthur, Speake Cate, Hilborn Elizabeth D, Pfaller Stacy, Cangelosi Gerard A
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Our understanding of the sources of Mycobacterium avium infection is partially based on genotypic matching of pathogen isolates from cases and environmental sources. These approaches assume that genotypic identity is rare in isolates from unlinked cases or sources. To test this assumption, a high...
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