Improved differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, including many Beijing genotype strains, using a new combination of variable number of tandem repeats loci

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-508

  Yokoyama, E ^a   Kishida, K ^a   Uchimura, M ^a   Ichinohe, S ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beijing genotype; Lineage; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34249700248     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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