First isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from commercial pasteurized milk in Argentina

Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis was isolated from two out of seventy samples (2.86 %) of pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk. The isolates were positives to IS900 PCR and showed a C17 RFLP pattern, the most prevalent in Argentina. The present study is the first report of Mycobacterium...

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Main Authors: Fernando Paolicchi, Karina Cirone, Claudia Morsella, Andrea Gioffré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2012-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000300028