Enhanced detection of tuberculous mycobacteria in animal tissues using a semi-nested probe-based real-time PCR

Bovine tuberculosis has been tackled for decades by costly eradication programs in most developed countries, involving the laboratory testing of tissue samples from allegedly infected animals for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) members, namely Mycobacterium bovis. Definitive di...

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Main Author: Costa, Pedro (author)
Other Authors: Ferreira, Ana S. (author), Amaro, Ana (author), Albuquerque, Teresa (author), Botelho, Ana (author), Couto, Isabel (author), Cunha, Mónica V. (author), Viveiros, Miguel (author), Inácio, João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117009
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/117009