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Human and Animal Infections with<i>Mycobacterium microti,</i>Scotland

Amie-Louise Seagar, Christine Doig, Alan Rayner, Pauline Claxton, Ian F. Laurenson

Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 80 citations · 13 references

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During 1994-2005, we isolated Mycobacterium microti from 5 animals and 4 humans. Only 1 person was immunocompromised. Spoligotyping showed 3 patterns: vole type, llama type, and a new variant llama type.

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