Article
Global distribution and evolution of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> lineages
2019-05-19
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium bovis is the main causative agent of zoonotic tuberculosis in humans and frequently devastates livestock and wildlife worldwide. Previous studies suggested the existence of genetic groups of M. bovis strains based on limited DNA markers (a.k.a. clonal complexes), and the evolution and ecology of this pathogen has been only marginally explored at the global level. We have screened over 2,600 publicly...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ae66d7e0-568b-57c4-9536-a982f255038e
- DOI
- 10.1101/642066
