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Mycobacteria
Findings from A.L. Michel and co-authors provide new insights into mycobacteria
March 10th, 2009
According to recent research from Onderstepoort, South Africa, "Bovine tuberculosis is endemic in African buffalo and a number of other wildlife species in the Kruger National Park (KNP) and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) in South Africa. It was thought that the infection had been introduced into the KNP ecosystem through direct contact between cattle and buffalo, a hypothesis which was confirmed in this study by IS6110 and PGRS restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typing." "The molecular characterisation of 189 Mycobacterium bovis isolates from nine wildlife species in the Hip, including three smaller associated parks, and the Kruger National Park with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-10)
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