Mycobacterium tuberculosis polyclonal infections and microevolution identified by MIRU-VNTRs in an epidemiological study

International Journal of Mycobacteriology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 222-227

  Streit, Elisabeth ^a   Millet, Julie ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Microevolution; MIRU VNTRs; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polyclonal infections; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL LINEAGE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LOCUS VARIANT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GUYANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEVOLUTION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE LOCUS VARIANT; SPOLIGOTYPE; SURINAME; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VERY ELDERLY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SURINAME; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938743072     PISSN: 22125531     EISSN: 2212554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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