Evaluation and strategy for use of MIRU-VNTRplus, a multifunctional database for online analysis of genotyping data and phylogenetic identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2692-2699

  Allix Béguec, Caroline ^a   Harmsen, Dag ^b   Weniger, Thomas ^b   Supply, Philip ^d,e,f   Niemann, Stefan ^c  

^a Genoscreen   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; INTERNET; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPEED REPETITIVE UNIT VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 46749114975     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00540-08     Document Type: Article

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