Relatedness of Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis clinical isolates of human and porcine origins assessed by MLVA

• Authors: Botelho A, Canto A, Couto I, Inácio J, Leao C, Machado D, Sanches IS, Viveiros M
• Publication Year: 2014
• Journal: Veterinary Microbiology
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25085520

In this study, the analysis of Mycobacterium avium tandem repeats (MATRs) loci was adapted to evaluate the genetic diversity of epidemiological unrelated MAH clinical strains of human (n=28) and porcine (n=69) origins, collected from diverse geographical regions across mainland Portugal. These MAH isolates were found to be genetically diverse and genotypes are randomly distributed across the country.
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