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Identifying and quantifying genotypes in polyclonal infections due to single species.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Colborn James M, Koita Ousmane A, Cissé Ousmane, Bagayoko Mamadou W, Guthrie Edward J, Krogstad Donald J
Abstract excerpt
Simultaneous infection with multiple pathogens of the same species occurs with HIV, hepatitis C, Epstein-Barr virus, dengue, tuberculosis, and malaria. However, available methods do not distinguish among or quantify pathogen genotypes in individual patients; they also cannot test for novel insertions and deletions in genetically modified organisms. The strategy reported here accomplishes these goals with...
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