Article
MIRU-VNTR allelic variability depends on Mycobacterium bovis clonal group identity.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2016
Hauer Amandine, Michelet Lorraine, De Cruz Krystel, Cochard Thierry, Branger Maxime, Karoui Claudine, Henault Sylvie, Biet Franck, Boschiroli María Laura
Abstract excerpt
The description of the population of M. bovis strains circulating in France from 1978 to 2013 has highlighted the discriminating power of the MLVA among predominant spoligotype groups. In the present study we aimed to characterize clonal groups via MLVA and to better understand the strain's population structure. MLVA was performed with eight MIRU-VNTR loci, most of them defined by the Venomyc European consortium....
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