Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Lung Specimen of Slaughtered Cattle and Goats by a DNA Based multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction and Ziehl-Neelsen Methods In Jos, Nigeria
Isioma Doris Chukwu, Chukwu Otuh Okoh Chukwu, Yvonne Tawolo Kandakai-Olukemi, Olajide Owolodun, Chika Nwosuh, Godwin Ojonugua Agada, Benshak John Audu & Solomon Chuwang Chollom · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013
Aims: Determine percentage positive by the Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain; detect 245 base pair fragment of the IS6110 gene for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using INS1 and INS2 primers and 500 base pair fragment of the RvD1Rv2031c gene for M. bovis using the JB21 and JB22 primers...
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10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3708