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<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>Strains Causing Smear-Positive Human Tuberculosis, Southwest Ireland

Olabisi Ojo, S. Sheehan, G Corcoran, Melissa Okker, K. Gover, Vladyslav Nikolayevsky, Timothy J. Brown, James Dale, Stephen V. Gordon, Francis Drobniewski,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2008 · 22 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

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. Seven strains were from sputum and potential sources of human-centered disease transmission. Ten-locus variable-number tandem repeat typing gave unique strain profiles and would detect disease outbreaks.

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