International Mycoplasma pneumoniae typing study: Interpretation of M.pneumoniae multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-40

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Author keywords

Interpretation guidelines; Molecular typing; Multiple locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA); Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAGMENT SIZE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84935016607     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.05.005     Document Type: Note

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