genotypic characterization by spoligotyping and vntr typing of mycobacterium bovis and mycobacterium caprae isolates from cattle of tunisia. | this work is an approach to the molecular epidemiology of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtbc) bovine infections in tunisia. a total of 35 mtbc isolates from both lateral retropharyngeal lymph node samples of cattle slaughtered in different tunisian regions were genotyped by spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeat typing (vntr)-typing. spoligotyping allowed to identify two profiles not previously registered, namely sb2024, a mycobacterium caprae isolate from nabeul region (north eas ... | 2014 | 24158359 |