Strain classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Congruence between large sequence polymorphisms and spoligotypes

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-133

  Kato Maeda, Midori ^a   Gagneux, S ^b,c,d   Flores, L L ^a   Kim, E Y ^a   Small, P M ^e   Desmond, E P ^f   Hopewell, P C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Large sequence polymorphism; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping; Strain classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LARGE SEQUENCE POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPOLIGOTYPE; SPOLIGOTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650109126     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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