Optimization of standard 24-locus variable-number tandem-repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: A multicenter perspective

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3518-3519

  Supply, Philip ^a,b   Gaudin, Cyril ^b   Raze, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Genoscreen   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; TANDEM REPEAT;

GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84906887798     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01790-14     Document Type: Letter

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