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MIRU-VNTR typing adds discriminatory value to groups of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae strains defined by spoligotyping.
Veterinary microbiology - 14 Jul 2010
Duarte E L, Domingos M, Amado A, Cunha M V, Botelho A
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The value of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) as a genotyping technique for Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae, has been confirmed in different countries and epidemiological scenarios. However, a standardized panel of loci has not yet been adopted for these species, since allelic diversity of each locus differs among countries. To determine the most...
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