Spacer oligonucleotide typing of bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Recommendations for standardised nomenclature

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 216-219

  Dale, J W ^a   Brittain, D ^a   Cataldi, A A ^a   Cousins, D ^a   Crawford, J T ^a   Driscoll, J ^a   Heersma, H ^a   Lillebaek, T ^a   Quitugua, T ^a   Rastogi, N ^a   Skuce, R A ^a   Sola, C ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^a   Vincent, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SEROTYPING; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0035035981     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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