A Quantitative Evaluation of MIRU-VNTR Typing Against Whole-Genome Sequencing for Identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study

EBioMedicine

Volumn 34, Issue , 2018, Pages 122-130

  Wyllie, David H ^a,b,c   Davidson, Jennifer A ^d   Grace Smith, E ^e   Rathod, Priti ^e   Crook, Derrick W ^a,c   Peto, Tim E A ^a,c   Robinson, Esther ^e   Walker, Tim ^a   Campbell, Colin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MIRU VNTR; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Outbreak investigation; Research in context; Single nucleotide variation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85050802276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.07.019     Document Type: Article

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