International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages e121-e126 , February 2010

Presence, characterization, and genotype profiles of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from unpasteurized individual and pooled milk, commercial pasteurized milk, and milk products in India by culture, PCR, and PCR-REA methods

  • H. Shankar

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • S.V. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 565 2763260x269; fax: +91 565 2763246.
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  • P.K. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • A.V. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • J.S. Sohal

      Affiliations

    • Veterinary Microbiology Laboratory, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • R.J. Greenstein

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Surgical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

Received 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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