Trend analysis suggested a change in subspecies among Mycobacterium avium isolated from pigs in Belgium, 1967-2013

Vet Rec. 2017 May 6;180(18):449. doi: 10.1136/vr.103951. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

¹ Bacterial Diseases Service, Operational Direction Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium.
² Research Unit for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research, Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Liège, Belgium.
³ Bacterial Zoonoses of Livestock Unit, Operational Direction Bacterial Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Immunology Service, Operational Direction Communicable and infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ BCCM/ITM Mycobacteria Collection, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

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Keywords: Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis; molecular typing; porcine.

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