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Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry id...
BACANELLI, G.; OLARTE, L. C.; SILVA, M. R.; RODRIGUES, R. A.; CARNEIRO, P. A. M.; KANEENE, J. B.; PASQUATTI, T. N.; TAKATANI, H.; ZUMÁRRAGA, M. J.In this study, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight (MALDITOF) mass spectrometry was used to identify Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and buffalo tissue isolates from the North and South regions of Brazil, grown in solid medium and previously identified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) based on Region of Difference 4 (RD4), sequencing and spoligotyping. For this purpose, the protein extr...
Epidemiological Study of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Buffalo and Cattle in...
CARNEIRO, P. A. M.; TAKATANI, H.; PASQUATTI, T. N.; SILVA, C. B. D. G.; NORBY, B.; WILKINS, M. J.; ZUMÁRRAGA, M. J.; ARAUJO, F. R.; KANEENE, J. B.Bovine Tuberculosis (BTB) is an endemic disease in about one hundred countries, affecting the economy causing a decrease in productivity, condemnation of meat, and damaging the credibility on international trade. Additionally, Mycobacterium bovis the major causative agent for BTB can also infect humans causing a variety of clinical presentations. The aim of this study was to determine BTB prevalence and the mai...