Bottlenecks and broomsticks: the molecular evolution of Mycobacterium bovis

NH Smith, SV Gordon… - Nature Reviews …, 2006 - nature.com
Mycobacterium bovis is the cause of tuberculosis in cattle and is a member of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In contrast to many other pathogenic bacterial …

The status of Mycobacterium bovis infection in UK wild mammals: a review

RJ Delahay, ANS De Leeuw, AM Barlow… - The Veterinary …, 2002 - Elsevier
Bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis is a zoonotic infection with a wide
range of mammalian hosts. In parts of the UK M. bovis infection in cattle is a persistent …

Ecotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

NH Smith, K Kremer, J Inwald, J Dale… - Journal of theoretical …, 2006 - Elsevier
A phylogeny of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex has recently shown that the animal-
adapted strains are found in a single lineage marked by the deletion of chromosomal region …

The population structure of Mycobacterium bovis in Great Britain: Clonal expansion

NH Smith, J Dale, J Inwald, S Palmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
We have analyzed 11,500 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis (the cause of tuberculosis in
cattle and other mammals) isolated in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland)] and …

Spoligotype Diversity of Mycobacterium bovis Strains Isolated in France from 1979 to 2000

N Haddad, A Ostyn, C Karoui, M Masselot… - Journal of Clinical …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular fingerprints of 1,349 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis received between 1979
and August 2000 at Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (Afssa) have …

Whole Genome Sequencing for Determining the Source of Mycobacterium bovis Infections in Livestock Herds and Wildlife in New Zealand

M Price-Carter, R Brauning, GW De Lisle… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The ability to DNA fingerprint Mycobacterium bovis isolates helped to define the role of
wildlife in the persistence of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand. DNA fingerprinting results …

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Humans and Cattle

A El‐Sayed, S El‐Shannat, M Kamel… - Zoonoses and public …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by M ycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), is a serious re‐
emerging disease in both animals and humans. The evolution of the Multi‐and Extensively …

Nonparametric estimation of spatial segregation in a multivariate point process: bovine tuberculosis in Cornwall, UK

P Diggle, P Zheng, P Durr - … the Royal Statistical Society Series C …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The paper is motivated by a problem in veterinary epidemiology, in which spatially
referenced breakdowns of bovine tuberculosis are classified according to their genotype …

Molecular differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis isolates. Review of main techniques and applications

N Haddad, M Masselot, B Durand - Research in Veterinary Science, 2004 - Elsevier
Until recently, none of the Mycobacterium bovis typing techniques permitted a satisfactory
differentiation of isolates. During the last 10 years, the genome of pathogenic mycobacteria …

Molecular Epidemiology of Disease Due to Mycobacterium bovis in Humans in the United Kingdom

AL Gibson, G Hewinson, T Goodchild… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, with a wide host range.
Fifty human M. bovis isolates were typed using spoligotyping and variable number tandem …