Article
Spoligotyping for molecular epidemiology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2009
Driscoll Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
Spacer oligonucleotide typing, or spoligotyping, is a rapid, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for genotyping strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB). Spoligotyping data can be represented in absolute terms (digitally), and the results can be readily shared among laboratories, thereby enabling the creation of large international databases. Since the spoligotype assay was standardized...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
