JOURNAL ARTICLE

Multiplex-PCR for differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis from Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Abstract

We evaluated a multiplex-PCR to differentiate Mycobacterium bovis from M. tuberculosis Complex (MTC) by one step amplification based on simultaneous detection of pncA 169 C > G change in M. bovis and the IS6110 present in MTC species. Our findings showed the proposed multiplex-PCR is a very useful tool for complementation in differentiating M. bovis from other cultured MTC species.

Keywords:
Mycobacterium bovis Microbiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Multiplex polymerase chain reaction Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Biology Virology Tuberculosis Mycobacterium Polymerase chain reaction Medicine Pathology Genetics Gene

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Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Epidemiology
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Infectious Diseases
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Surgery
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