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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Asian Elephants in Captivity

Gary Simpson, Ralph Zimmerman, Elena Shashkina, Liang Chen, Michael Richard, Carol M. Bradford, Gwen A. Dragoo, Rhonda L. Saiers, Charles A. Peloquin, Charles L. Daley, Paul Planet, Apurva Narachania, Barun Mathema, and Barry N. KreiswirthComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Albuquerque Biopark, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (G. Simpson, R. Zimmerman, M. Richard, C.M. Bradford, G.A. Dragoo, R.L. Saiers); Rutgers University Public Health Research Institute, Newark, New Jersey, USA (E. Shashkina, L. Chen, B.N. Kreiswirth); University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida, USA (C.A. Peloquin); National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA (C.L. Daley); Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P. Planet); American Museum of Natural History Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, New York, New York, USA (A. Narachania); Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (B. Mathema)

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Figure 1

IS6110 Southern blot hybridization patterns of 6 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from elephants A (lanes 1–5) and C (lane 6) (4) in study of tuberculosis in captive elephants, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1997–2013. The fingerprint pattern in lane 1 types the strain to principal genetic group 1, the fingerprint pattern in lanes 2–4 and lane 6 types the strain to principal genetic group 2 and the fingerprint pattern in lane 5 types the strain to principal genetic group 3. Lane 7, m

Figure 1. IS6110 Southern blot hybridization patterns of 6 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from elephants A (lanes 1–5) and C (lane 6) (4) in study of tuberculosis in captive elephants, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 1997–2013. The fingerprint pattern in lane 1 types the strain to principal genetic group 1, the fingerprint pattern in lanes 2–4 and lane 6 types the strain to principal genetic group 2 and the fingerprint pattern in lane 5 types the strain to principal genetic group 3. Lane 7, molecular mass standard.

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