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[Application of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units in typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Shandong].
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases - 1 May 2007
Wang Hai-ying, Jiang Cai-hua, Zuo Yun, Yu Chun-bao, Wang Yan, Deng Yun-feng, Wang Jun-ling, Meng Xian-chun, Jing Hui, Liu Zhi-Min
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) in typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Shandong. METHOD: 826 strains of M. tuberculosis from laboratories of 12 county tuberculosis dispensaries in Shandong were cultured and typed by MIRU genotyping in the KICID laboratory. RESULTS: The 826 strains were typed to 201 distinct MIRU patterns, and 123 isolates were unique,...
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