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Multiple sampling and discriminatory fingerprinting reveals clonally complex and compartmentalized infections by M. bovis in cattle.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Jan 2015
Navarro Yurena, Romero Beatriz, Copano María Francisca, Bouza Emilio, Domínguez Lucas, de Juan Lucía, García-de-Viedma Darío
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The combination of new genotyping tools and a more exhaustive sampling policy in the analysis of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis has shown that infection by this pathogen is more complex than initially expected. Mixed infections, coexistence of clonal variants from a parental strain, and compartmentalized infections are all different modalities of this clonal complexity. Until recently, genotyping of...
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