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Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from patients with tuberculosis in Baja California, Mexico.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Laniado-Laborín Rafael, Muñiz-Salazar Raquel, García-Ortiz Rosa Alejandra, Vargas-Ojeda Adriana Carolina, Villa-Rosas Cecilia, Oceguera-Palao Lorena
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) from Mycobacterium bovis in humans is likely to be underestimated and in some cases even ignored in most developing countries. This may be due to the difficulty of differentiating TB caused by either Mycobacteriumtuberculosis or M. bovis. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of M. bovis human disease among the patients referred for study to the Tuberculosis Laboratory...
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