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. 2007 Dec;13(12):1924-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1312.061536.

Human and animal infections with Mycobacterium microti, Scotland

Francis Xavier Emmanuel  1 , Amie-Louise Seagar, Christine Doig, Alan Rayner, Pauline Claxton, Ian Laurenson
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Human and animal infections with Mycobacterium microti, Scotland

Francis Xavier Emmanuel et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

During 1994-2005, we isolated Mycobacterium microti from 5 animals and 4 humans. Only 1 person was immunocompromised. Spoligotyping showed 3 patterns: vole type, llama type, and a new variant llama type.

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Comparison of the restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns of Mycobacterium microti strains from Scotland. Spoligo, spoligotyping.
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