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Molecular genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Xi'an, China, using MIRU-VNTR typing.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2011
Zhou A, Nawaz M, Xue X, Karakousis P C, Yao Y, Xu J
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SETTING: The molecular genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is expected to lead to a better understanding of M. tuberculosis transmission in Xi'an, one of the largest cities in Western China. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the population of M. tuberculosis strains circulating in Xi'an and to evaluate the feasibility of the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR)...
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