Genomic Polymorphism and tuberculous lesions in Deer infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovis

The aim of this study was to assess the association between anatomical distribution of tuberculous lesions with isolate spoligotypes, and M. bovis group assignment based on whole genome sequencing. We also explored the possibility of identifying the tuberculous lesion dispersal group of each isolate using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).