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Evaluation of alternatives to RFLP for the analysis of clustered cases of tuberculosis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2006
García de Viedma D, de Viedma D G, Alonso Rodríguez N, Rodríguez N A, Andrés S, Martínez Lirola M, Lirola M M, Ruiz Serrano M J, Ruiz-Serrano M J, Bouza E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analysis is a recently developed method which could be suitable as a 'real-time' genotyping tool for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-four M. tuberculosis isolates were analysed using the reference method, IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and by MIRU, alone and...
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