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Genetic characterization of Mycobacterium avium isolates recovered from humans and animals in Australia.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 1996
Feizabadi M M, Robertson I D, Cousins D V, Dawson D, Chew W, Gilbert G L, Hampson D J
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Genetic relationships amongst 115 mainly Australian isolates of Mycobacterium avium were assessed using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE). The isolates were divided into 58 electrophoretic types (ETs), with a mean genetic diversity of 0.29. Isolates from humans were closely related to but distinct from those cultured from birds, whilst some porcine isolates belonged to the same ETs as certain human...
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