Mycobacterium bovis in Panama, 2013

 

Authors
Acosta, Fermín; Chernyaeva, Ekatherina; Mendoza, Libardo; Sambrano, Dilcia; Correa, Ricardo; Rotkevich, Mikhail; Tarté, Miroslava; Hernández, Humberto; Velazco, Bredio; de Escobar, Cecilia; H. de Waard, Jacobus; Goodridge, Amador
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Panama remains free of zoonotic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. However, DNA fingerprinting of 7 M. bovis isolates from a 2013 bovine tuberculosis outbreak indicated minimal homology with strains previously circulating in Panama. M. bovis dispersion into Panama highlights the need for enhanced genotype testing to track zoonotic infections.
Panama remains free of zoonotic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. However, DNA fingerprinting of 7 M. bovis isolates from a 2013 bovine tuberculosis outbreak indicated minimal homology with strains previously circulating in Panama. M. bovis dispersion into Panama highlights the need for enhanced genotype testing to track zoonotic infections.

Publication Year
2015
Language
eng
Topic
zoonotic tuberculosis
bovine tuberculosis
Biomarker
Mycobacterium bovis
whole-genome sequencing
single-nucleotide polymorphism
mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units
genotyping
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria, Panama
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RI INDICASAT
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2106.141821
http://repositorio-indicasat.org.pa/handle/123456789/151
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