TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycobacterium bovis strains causing smear-positive human tuberculosis, southwest Ireland
AU - Ojo, Olabisi
AU - Sheehan, Stella
AU - Corcoran, G. Daniel
AU - Okker, Melissa
AU - Gover, Karen
AU - Nikolayevskyy, Vladyslav
AU - Brown, Timothy
AU - Dale, James
AU - Gordon, Stephen V.
AU - Drobniewski, Francis
AU - Prentice, Michael B.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - 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. Tenlocus variable-number tandem repeat typing gave unique strain profiles and would detect disease outbreaks.
AB - 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. Tenlocus variable-number tandem repeat typing gave unique strain profiles and would detect disease outbreaks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57049113246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1412.071135
DO - 10.3201/eid1412.071135
M3 - Article
C2 - 19046525
AN - SCOPUS:57049113246
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 1931
EP - 1934
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 12
ER -