Utility of new 24-locus variable-number tandem-repeat typing for discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates collected in Bulgaria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3005-3011

  Valcheva, Violeta ^a   Mokrousov, Igor ^b   Narvskaya, Olga ^b   Rastogi, Nalin ^c   Markova, Nadya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BULGARIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 53649106202     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00437-08     Document Type: Article

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