Polymorphic exact tandem repeat A (PETRA): A newly defined lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Israel originating predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4006-4020

  Freidlin, Paul J ^a   Goldblatt, Drora ^a   Kaidar Shwartz, Hasia ^a   Rorman, Efrat ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHIC EXACT TANDEM REPEAT A; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; ISONIAZID; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIFAMPIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 71549168302     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01270-09     Document Type: Article

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