Evaluation of four candidate VNTR loci for genotyping 225 Chinese clinical Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex strains

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Jiang, Yi ^a   Liu, Hai Can ^a   Zheng, Hua Jun ^b   Tang, Biao ^b   Dou, Xiang Feng ^a   Zhao, Xiu Qin ^a   Zhu, Yong Qiang ^b   Lu, Bing ^a   Wang, Sheng Yue ^b   Dong, Hai Yan ^a   Zhao, Guo Ping ^b   Zhang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Kan, Biao ^a   Wan, Kang Lin ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; VNTR loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 84863365888     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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