Article
Genotyping of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using MIRUs: association with VNTR and spoligotyping for molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2003
Sola Christophe, Filliol Ingrid, Legrand Eric, Lesjean Sarah, Locht Camille, Supply Philippe, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
The recent introduction of molecular methods has gained increased acceptance as a powerful tool for epidemiology and phylogeny of tuberculosis (TB). In this investigation, the efficiency of molecular typing using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRUs) was assessed on a set of 116 Myc...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Species Specificity