Whole genome sequencing improves the discrimination between Mycobacterium bovis strains on the southern border of Kruger National Park, South Africa
Eduard O. Roos1, Johannes Loubser1, Tanya J. Kerr1, Anzaan Dippenaar1, Elizma Streicher1, Francisco Olea-Popelka2, Suelee Robbe-Austerman3, Tod Stuber3, Peter Buss4, Lin-Mari de Klerk-Lorist5, Robin M. Warren1, Paul D. van Helden1, Sven D.C. Parsons1, Michele A. Miller1
1Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 241, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada
3National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA
4Veterinary Wildlife Services, South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, Private Bag X402, Skukuza, 1350, South Africa
5Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development, Office of the State Veterinarian, Kruger National Park, PO Box 12, Skukuza, 1350, South Africa