24-Locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping is a useful tool to study the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis among Warao Amerindians in Venezuela

Tuberculosis

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-494

  Maes, Mailis ^a   Kremer, Kristin ^b   van Soolingen, Dick ^b   Takiff, Howard ^c   de Waard, Jacobus H ^a  

^a Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

IS6110 based RFLP; MIRU VNTR typing; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis; Warao Amerindians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VENEZUELA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 49649115229     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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