Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Application in epidemiologic studies

Future Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Kato Maeda, Midori ^a   Metcalfe, John Z ^a   Flores, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; KATG PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; SODA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DNA STRUCTURE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LARGE SEQUENCE POLYMORPHISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNIT VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPOLIGOTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952405252     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.165     Document Type: Review

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