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Molecular differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains without IS6110 insertions.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2002
Lok Kerry H, Benjamin William H, Kimerling Michael E, Pruitt Virginia, Lathan Monica, Razeq Jafar, Hooper Nancy, Cronin Wendy, Dunlap Nancy E
Abstract excerpt
By using standard restriction fragment length polymorphism, 6 zero-copy IS6110 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were identified from 1180 Maryland isolates as part of the National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network Project. By using various genotyping methods, we demonstrated that this zero band cluster can be differentiated into six genotypes.
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