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Identification by spoligotyping of a caprine genotype in Mycobacterium bovis strains causing human tuberculosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1997
Gutiérrez M, Samper S, Jiménez M S, van Embden J D, Marín J F, Martín C
Abstract excerpt
We have used spoligotyping to characterize 18 Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from cattle and 23 M. bovis strains isolated from goats. The spoligotypes revealed that caprine strains form a separate and well-differentiated group that we refer to hereafter in this abstract as the caprine genotype. To evaluate the importance of this genotype as a cause of tuberculosis in other animal species, including humans,...
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