Molecular detection and characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex subspecies responsible for bovine tuberculosis in Punjab, Pakistan

Molecular detection and characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex subspecies responsible for bovine tuberculosis in Punjab, Pakistan

ABSTRACTBovine tuberculosis (bTB), traditionally associated with Mycobacterium bovis, presents significant public health and economic challenges worldwide. This study investigated the causative agents of bTB in slaughtered cattle and buffalo in Lahore, Pakistan. Of the 3,581 animals screened, 34 wer...

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Main Authors: Rubab Maqsood, Shannon C. Duffy, Hamad Bin Rashid, Shakera Sadiq Gill, Chanda Jabeen, Nimra Arshad, Gulshan Umbreen, Marcel A. Behr, Vivek Kapur, Mamoona Chaudhry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
bovine TB
M. orygis
M. tuberculosis
slaughterhouse
molecular identification
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02692-23

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