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Association between spoligotype-VNTR types and virulence of Mycobacterium bovis in cattle.
Virulence - 15 Feb 2014
Garbaccio Sergio, Macias Analía, Shimizu Ernesto, Paolicchi Fernando, Pezzone Natalia, Magnano Gabriel, Zapata Laura, Abdala Alejandro, Tarabla Hector, Peyru Maite, Caimi Karina, Zumárraga Martín, Canal Ana, Cataldi Angel
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Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a disease that affects approximately 5% of Argentine cattle. The aim of this research was to study if it is possible to infer the degree of virulence of different M. bovis genotypes based on scorified observations of tuberculosis lesions in cattle. In this study, we performed association analyses between several parameters with tuberculosis...
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