title: Human Mycobacterium bovis infections in London and Southeast England.
abstract: Variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) and spoligotyping analyses were used to assess transmission of Mycobacterium bovis between humans. VNTR was more discriminatory than spoligotyping. Low case numbers, despite a substantial animal reservoir, and resolution of all isolates provided no evidence of recent human-to-human transmission or recent significant infection from animals.
authors.affiliation: National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom. madeline.stone@hpa.org.uk
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Drobniewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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