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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex differentiation using gyrB-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
1 Nov 2004
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) members are causative agents of human and animal tuberculosis. Differentiation of MTBC members is required for appropriate treatment of individual patients and for epidemiological purposes. Strains from six MTBC species -- M. tuberculosis, M. bovis subsp. bovis, M. bovis BCG, M. africanum, M. pinnipedii, and "M. canetti" -- were studied using gyrB-restriction fragment...
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