Improved differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the north of England using additional variable number tandem repeat loci

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Gaukrodger, N ^a   Thompson, D ^a   Sarginson, S J ^a   Magee, J G ^a   Sails, A D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing techniques; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; VNTR loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80054841387     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2011.11732837     Document Type: Article

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