Evaluation of the discriminatory power of spoligotyping and 19-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MIRU-VNTR) of Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from cattle in Algeria

Faïza Belakehal; Stefanie A. Barth; Christian Menge; Hamdi T. Mossadak; Naïm Malek; Irmgard Moser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262390

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Evaluation of the discriminatory power of spoligotyping and 19-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MIRU-VNTR) of Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from cattle in Algeria

Faïza Belakehal ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: faiza.belakehal@gmail.com (FB); stefanie.barth@fli.de (SAB)

Affiliation High National Veterinary School, Laboratory of Food Hygiene and Quality Insurance System, El-Alia, Oued Smar, Algeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-4960

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Stefanie A. Barth ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: faiza.belakehal@gmail.com (FB); stefanie.barth@fli.de (SAB)

Affiliations Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Germany, National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-5056

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Christian Menge,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Germany
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Hamdi T. Mossadak,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation High National Veterinary School, Laboratory of Food Hygiene and Quality Insurance System, El-Alia, Oued Smar, Algeria
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Naïm Malek,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Central Military Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Kouba, Algeria
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Irmgard Moser

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Germany, National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Germany
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Evaluation of the discriminatory power of spoligotyping and 19-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MIRU-VNTR) of Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from cattle in Algeria

Faïza Belakehal,
Stefanie A. Barth,
Christian Menge,
Hamdi T. Mossadak,
Naïm Malek,
Irmgard Moser

Published: January 11, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262390

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