Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on variable number of tandem DNA repeats used alone and in association with spoligotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2520-2524

  Filliol, Ingrid ^b   Ferdinand, Severine ^b   Negroni, Laetitia ^b   Sola, Christophe ^b   Rastogi, Nalin ^a,b  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^b Unite de la Tuberculose et des Mycobacteries   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033915691     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2520-2524.2000     Document Type: Article

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