Article
Analysing nonsynonymous mutations between two Mycobacterium bovis strains with contrasting pathogenic profiles.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Dec 2019
Bigi Mercedes, Vazquez Cristina Lourdes, Castelão Ana Beatriz C, García Elizabeth Andrea, Cataldi Angel A, Jackson Mary, McNeil Michael, Soria Marcelo, Zumárraga Martín J, Cabruja Matias, Gago Gabriela, Blanco Federico C, Nishibe Christiane, Almeida Nalvo F, de Araújo Flábio Ribeiro, Bigi Fabiana
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease that can affect cattle, other domesticated species, wild animals and humans. This disease produces important economic losses worldwide. Two M. bovis strains (04-303 and 534) have been isolated in Argentina. Whereas the 04-303 strain was isolated from a wild boar, the 534 strain was obtained from cattle. In a...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Mice
- Mutation
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Survival Analysis
- Sus scrofa
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Bovine
- Virulence