Fig. 5From: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in cattle from the Eastern Cape Province of South AfricaPhylogenetic tree based on a 24 variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) data illustrating the genetic relationship of the cattle M. tuberculosis strains in comparison to a selection of human M. tuberculosis strains in the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) human database for strains identical at 5–10 VNTR loci originating from different regions in South Africa. The human isolates originated from the KwaZulu-Natal and North West Provinces of South AfricaBack to article page