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Molecular typing of Mycobacterium bovis isolated in the south of Brazil.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Jan 2014
Ramos Daniela Fernandes, Silva Ana Bárbara Scholante, Fagundes Michel Quevedo, von Groll Andrea, da Silva Pedro Eduardo Almeida, Dellagostin Odir Antônio
Abstract excerpt
Bovine tuberculosis is a major infectious disease of the cattle. In this study, 85 M. bovis isolates from 162 lymph nodes, obtained from a herd of cattle on a farm in southern Brazil, were evaluated using spoligotyping and VNTR. The strains were grouped into five clusters and five orphans, showing a heterogenic genetic profile, what could represent diverse geographic origins of the introduced cows and/or the...
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