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Rev. argent. microbiol
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34(1): 1-6, 2002 Jan-Mar.
Article
in Spanish
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LILACS-Express
| LILACS, BINACIS
| ID: biblio-1171704
ABSTRACT
Bovine tuberculosis is a highly prevalent animal disease in Argentina. In this work evidence was obtained showing that a major Mycobacterium bovis group in Argentina had been introduced with the bovine bulls imported from the United Kingdom at the end of the XIX century. This evidence came from two sources: historical, obtained by bibliographical references, and from laboratory results, using a molecular typing method called spoligotyping. These strains are also present in other countries that introduced cattle from the same origin.