Article
[Study on the genotyping of 113 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Beijing based on 13 variable number of tandem DNA repeats].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Aug 2006
Cao Xiao-Hui, Jiang Yi, Zhang Yuan-yuan, Liu Zhi-guang, Zhao Xiu-qin, Jin Xiu-qin, Han Bao-long, Xu Rui-xing, Liu Jing-Hua, Lv Jing, Xue Xiao-luo, Kang-lin Wan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) analysis was a recently developed method which could serve as a 'real-time' genotyping tool for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. One hundred and thirteen M. tuberculosis isolates from the patients with tuberculosis in Beijing were analysed using the...
Topics
- China
- Epidemiologic Studies
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tandem Repeat Sequences
- Tuberculosis