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Identification of Mycobacterium bovis Isolates by a multiplex PCR

Identificação de colônias isoladas de Mycobacterium bovis por PCR múltipla

Isolates from suggestive bovine tuberculosis lesions were tested by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) targeting for RvD1Rv2031c and IS6110 sequences, specific for M. bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex respectively. The m-PCR successfully identified as M. bovis 88.24% of the isolates.

Mycobacterium bovis; multiplex-PCR; bovine tuberculosis


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