Article
[Analysis on the genotyping of 90 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains isolated from Ningbo with MLVA].
Wei sheng yan jiu = Journal of hygiene research - 1 Sept 2010
Yu Mei, Xu Guozhang, Dong Hongjun, Che Yang, Yang Weina, Yu Yi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genotyping and distribution pattern of the variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Ningbo with multiple-locus VNTR analysis (MLVA). METHODS: M. tuberculosis clinical isolates selected from Ningbo randomly were cultured with Lowenstein-Jensen medium. The bacteria from which the genome DNA was extracted were collected. The polymorphism...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- China
- Genotype
- Genotyping Techniques
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary