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Tuberculosis
Reports summarize tuberculosis study results from O. Ojo and co-researchers
March 17th, 2009
"Mycobacterium bovis caused 3% of human tuberculosis cases in southwest Ireland during 1998-2006. Of 11 M. bovis strains genotyped, 9 belonged to common animal spoligotypes," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report. "Seven strains were from sputum and potential sources of human-centered disease transmission," wrote O. Ojo and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Tenlocus variable-number tandem repeat typing gave unique strain profiles and would detect disease outbreaks." Ojo and colleagues published their study in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mycobacterium bovis Strains Causing...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-17)
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