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[MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from East Siberian: Beijing family versus Kilimanjaro family].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2004
Medvedeva T V, Ogarkov O B, Nekipelov O M, Ushakov I V, Koz'iakova E S, Skvortsova R G
Abstract excerpt
Seventy-two M. tuberculosis strains isolated from patients in different regions of East Siberia were studied by MIRU-VNTR repeats. Phylogenetic trees of relationship between the studied strains and of those from other world regions were investigated by phylogenetic analysis, i.e. NJ, UPGMA and ML. Phylogenetic evidence is provided for the prevalence of Beijing and Beijing-like strains (71%) in the above region....
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