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In-depth analysis of the genome sequence of a clinical, extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis strain.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2016
Sagasti Sara, Millán-Lou María Isabel, Soledad Jiménez María, Martín Carlos, Samper Sofía
Abstract excerpt
Although human-to-human transmission of Mycobacterium bovis strains and other members of the animal lineage of the tubercle bacilli is a rare event, an extensively drug resistant (XDR) strain, named M. bovis B strain, caused a lethal outbreak in the nineties in Spain. The genome of M. bovis B strain was re-sequenced by SOLiD platform and mapped to the reference M. bovis AF2122/97. The genetic polymorphisms...
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