Emergence of Mycobacterium orygis–Associated Tuberculosis in Wild Ruminants, India
Megha Sharma, Karikalan Mathesh
, Premanshu Dandapat
, Asok Kumar Mariappan, Ravi Kumar, Soni Kumari, Vivek Kapur, Sushila Maan, Naresh Jindal, Nitish Bansal, Riyaz Kadiwar, Abhishek Kumar, Nitin Gupta, A.M. Pawde, and A.K. Sharma
Author affiliations: Indian Council of Agricultural Research—Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India (M. Sharma, K. Mathesh, A.K. Mariappan, R. Kumar, S. Kumari, A.M. Pawde, A.K. Sharma); Indian Council of Agricultural Research—Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, Kolkata, India (P. Dandapat); Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA (V. Kapur); Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, India (S. Maan, N. Jindal, N. Bansal); Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden, Junagarh, India (R. Kadiwar, A. Kumar); Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (N. Gupta)
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Figure. Phylogeny of newly sequenced Mycobacterium orygis wildlife isolates from 3 wild animals in India (black star, bison; blue stars, deer) and reference sequences. The outer circle shows the distribution of isolates in India, Norway, the Netherlands, and the United States. The inner circle shows the statewise distribution within countries. Shading of branch labels corresponds to different species. Scale bar of 0.01 indicates 1 change for every 100 nucleotides.
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