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Molecular fingerprinting of Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae isolates from central Europe
Wilfried Erler1, Gerald Martin, Konrad Sachse
1Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (BFAV), Jena, Germany.
Abstract:
To study the dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae, 79 European isolates from cattle, humans, and other hosts were examined by spoligotyping and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Among a total of 11 different spoligotypes identified, type C1 proved to be predominant (n = 62). Five of the spoligotypes are described for the first time. A total of 43 different RFLP types were identified, thus allowing further differentiation for epidemiological tracking. Isolates from a series of outbreaks in one village proved to be of the same spoligotype and of identical or closely related RFLP types.
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