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The phylogeny and population structure of Mycobacterium bovis in the British Isles.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2013
Allen A R, Dale J, McCormick C, Mallon T R, Costello E, Gordon S V, Hewinson R G, Skuce R A, Smith N H
Abstract excerpt
To further understand the epidemic of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, we identified 16 mutations that are phylogenetically informative for Mycobacterium bovis strains from these regions. We determined the status of these mutations among a collection of 501 strains representing the molecular diversity found in these three regions of the British Isles. The...
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