High resolution, on-line identification of strains from the Mycobacteriumtuberculosis complex based on tandem repeat typing

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-12

  Le Flèche, Philippe ^a,b   Fabre, Michel ^c   Denoeud, France ^b   Koeck, Jean Louis ^d   Vergnaud, Gilles ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042956726     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-37     Document Type: Article

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