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Spoligotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of a high tuberculosis burden aboriginal township in Taiwan.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2008
Chuang Pei-Chun, Liu Hsuan, Sola Christophe, Chen Yi-Ming A, Jou Ruwen
Abstract excerpt
To understand the genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in the aboriginal Sioulin Township, the highest tuberculosis (TB) endemic area in Taiwan, a total of 138 isolates were collected between January 2003 and December 2004 for genotyping. Genotyping consisted of spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping), IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and mgtC and ogt single...
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