Volume 14, Number 4—April 2008
Dispatch
Human Mycobacterium bovis Infection and Bovine Tuberculosis Outbreak, Michigan, 1994–2007
Melinda J. Wilkins*
, Joshua Meyerson†, Paul C. Bartlett‡, Susan L. Spieldenner*, Dale E. Berry*, Laura B. Mosher*, John B. Kaneene‡, Barbara Robinson-Dunn§, Mary Grace Stobierski*, and Matthew L. Boulton¶
, Joshua Meyerson†, Paul C. Bartlett‡, Susan L. Spieldenner*, Dale E. Berry*, Laura B. Mosher*, John B. Kaneene‡, Barbara Robinson-Dunn§, Mary Grace Stobierski*, and Matthew L. Boulton¶Table 1
Nonepidemiologically linked human Mycobacterium bovis spoligotyping and MIRU typing results for 9 available human specimens, Michigan*
| Country of birth | Site | Year collected | International spoligotype† | MIRU type | Spoligotypes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Cervical LN | 1997 | SB1210 | Not available | ▫▪▫▪▫▫▪▪▫▫▫▫▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| USA | Spine | 1997 | SB0131 | Not available | ▪▪▫▪▫▪▪▪▫▪▫▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Mexico | Abd abscess | 1998 | SB0140 | 232224152322 | ▪▪▫▪▪▫▪▫▫▫▫▫▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Mexico | Sputum | 1998 | SB1210 | Not available | ▫▪▫▪▫▫▪▪▫▫▫▫▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Bosnia | Cervical LN | 2000 | SB1215 | 232314353312 | ▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫▪▫▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Mexico | Sputum | 2003 | SB0121 | 232314223322 | ▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| USA | Cervical LN | 2003 | SB0121 | 232324252322 | ▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Mexico | Cervical LN | 2005 | SB1216 | 232124233222 | ▫▫▫▪▪▪▪▪▫▪▫▪▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
| Mexico | Cervical LN | 2007 | SB0140 | 231224243322 | ▪▪▫▪▪▫▪▫▫▫▫▫▪▪▪▫▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫▫▫ |
*MIRU, mycobacterial interspersed repeat units (6); LN, lymph node; Abd, abdominal.
†International Spoligotype Database, available from www.mbovis.org (7).
