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Use of Luminex MagPlex magnetic microspheres for high-throughput spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2013
Ocheretina Oksana, Merveille Yves Mary, Mabou Marie-Marcelle, Escuyer Vincent E, Dunbar Sherry A, Johnson Warren D, Pape Jean W, Fitzgerald Daniel W
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains became indispensable for understanding tuberculosis transmission dynamics and designing measures to combat the disease. Unfortunately, typing involves sophisticated laboratory analysis, is expensive, and requires a high level of technical expertise, which limited its use in the resource-poor countries where the majority of tuberculosis cases occur. Spoligotyping is...
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