Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolates from Canadian dairy herds provides evidence for multiple infection events

Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolates from Canadian dairy herds provides evidence for multiple infection events

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the pathogen responsible for paratuberculosis or Johne’s Disease (JD) in ruminants, which is responsible for substantial economic losses worldwide. MAP transmission primarily occurs through the fecal-oral route, and the introduction of an MAP infe...

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Main Authors: Alexander Byrne, Séverine Ollier, Kapil Tahlan, Franck Biet, Nathalie Bissonnette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
whole genome sequencing (WGS)
molecular epidemiology
phylogenetic SNP based analysis
strain typing
MIRU-VNTR analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1043598/full

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