Experimental infection of cattle with Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates shows the attenuation of the human tubercle bacillus for cattle

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is the collective term given to the group of bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) in mammals. It has been reported that M. tuberculosis H37Rv, a standard reference MTBC strain, is attenuated in cattle compared to Mycobacterium bovis. However, as M. tube...

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Hauptverfasser: Villarreal-Ramos, B, Berg, S, Whelan, A, Holbert, S, Carreras, F, Salguero, F, Khatri, B, Malone, K, Rue-Albrecht, K, Shaughnessy, R, Smyth, A, Ameni, G, Aseffa, A, Sarradin, P, Winter, N, Vordermeier, M, Gordon, S
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Nature Publishing Group 2018