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Novel allelic variants of Mycobacteria isolated in Brazil as determined by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of hsp65.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
da Silva Rocha A, Werneck Barreto A M, Dias Campos C E, Villas-Bôas da Silva M, Fonseca L, Saad M H, Degrave W M, Suffys P N
Abstract excerpt
Human isolates of Mycobacterium collected in 16 different states of Brazil were submitted to PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) of a 439-bp fragment of the hsp65 gene with HaeIII and BstEII. Fourteen allelic variants not described in clinical isolates so far were observed among 36 (10%) of 356 Brazil...
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