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[Preliminary study on the genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae on 50 isolates from China].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 May 2006
Weng Xiao-man, Wen Yan, Tian Xiu-jun, Wang Hong-bin, Tan Xiao-jun, Li Huan-ying
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To understand the genotypic mapping of Mycobacterium leprae identified in China and to compare with those from other countries to select suitable alleles for epidemiological investigation in the transmission chain of leprosy. METHODS: Various number of tandem repeat(VNTR) in genomic DNA of Mycobacterium leprae was used in the present genotyping study. 33 skin biopsies from Wenshan prefecture,Yunnan...
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