A first insight into genetic diversity of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in South Tunisia assessed by spoligotyping and MIRU VNTR.

• Main Authors: Mariam Siala (Author), Cécile Cassan (Author), Salma Smaoui (Author), Sana Kammoun (Author), Chema Marouane (Author), Sylvain Godreuil (Author), Salma Hachicha (Author), Emna Mhiri (Author), Leila Slim (Author), Dhikrayet Gamara (Author), Férièle Messadi-Akrout (Author), Anne-Laure Bañuls (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Introduction</h4>In Tunisia, almost 77% of clinically and bacteriologically diagnosed cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) are zoonotic TB, caused by M. bovis. Although several studies have analyzed bovine TB in cattle in Tunisia, no study has evaluated the risk of transmissio...