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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium africanum clinical isolates based on IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, spoligotyping, and variable number of tandem DNA repeats.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Viana-Niero C, Gutierrez C, Sola C, Filliol I, Boulahbal F, Vincent V, Rastogi N
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 105 clinical isolates originally identified as Mycobacterium africanum were characterized using both phenotypic and genotyping methods. The phenotypic methods included routine determination of cultural properties and biochemical tests used to discriminate among the members of the M. tuberculosis complex, whereas genotypic characterization was based on IS6110-restriction fragment length...
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