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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Beijing, China assessed by Spoligotyping, LSPs and VNTR profiles.
BMC infectious diseases - 23 Dec 2012
Lu Bing, Zhao Ping, Liu Binbin, Dong Haiyan, Yu Qin, Zhao Xiuqin, Wan Kanglin
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is one of the most infectious diseases in the world. Molecular typing methods such as spoligotyping, and VNTR (variable number tandem repeats), IS6110 in the NTF region and LSP (large sequence polymorphisms) analysis are generally useful tools for the resolution of various issues related to the classical epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). METHODS: To determine...
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