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Comparison of a variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) method for typing Mycobacterium avium with mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-VNTR and IS1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Inagaki Takayuki, Nishimori Kei, Yagi Tetsuya, Ichikawa Kazuya, Moriyama Makoto, Nakagawa Taku, Shibayama Takami, Uchiya Kei-ichi, Nikai Toshiaki, Ogawa Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections are increasing annually in various countries, including Japan, but the route of transmission and pathophysiology of the infection remain unclear. Currently, a variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) typing method using the Mycobacterium avium tandem repeat (MATR) loci (MATR-VNTR) is employed in Japan for epidemiological studies using clinical isolates of M. avium. In this...
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