Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical isolates from 1962 to the present: A retrospective study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3620-3626

  Benitez, Alvaro J ^a   Diaz, Maureen H ^a   Wolff, Bernard J ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^b   Njenga, M Kariuki ^c   Estevez, Alejandra ^d   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENESCAN ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE DELETION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867528006     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01755-12     Document Type: Article

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