Molecular epidemiology of disease due to Mycobacterium bovis in humans in the United Kingdom.
Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, with a wide host range. Fifty human M. bovis isolates were typed using spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeats (VNTR). Fifteen of these spoligotypes have not yet been recorded in cattle. The predominant spoligotype in humans and cattle was subdivided by VNTR.
Gibson
Andrea L
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Department of Microbiology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College Hospital (Dulwich), East Dulwich Grove, London, SE22 8QF, United Kingdom. andreagibson78@hotmail.com
Hewinson
Glyn
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Goodchild
Tony
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Watt
Brian
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Story
Alistair
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Inwald
Jacqueline
J
Drobniewski
Francis A
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D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*