Variable-number tandem repeats typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110 in Thailand

Tuberculosis

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Thong On, Arunee ^a   Smittipat, Nat ^b   Juthayothin, Tada ^b   Yanai, Hideki ^c   Yamada, Norio ^c   Yorsangsukkamol, Jutaporn ^d   Chaiprasert, Angkana ^d   Rienthong, Dhanida ^e   Billamas, Pamaree ^b   Palittapongarnpim, Prasit ^a,b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Genotyping; IS6110 RFLP; Low copy number isolates; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping; VNTR typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPOLIGOTYPING; THAILAND; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 75149176176     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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