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Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical specimens and proposal for amendment of MLVA nomenclature.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Sun Hongmei, Xue Guanhua, Yan Chao, Li Shaoli, Cao Ling, Yuan Yi, Zhao Hanqing, Feng Yanling, Wang Liqiong, Fan Zhaoyang
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the major respiratory bacterial pathogens that cause pneumonia in humans. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is currently the most discriminative method for typing M. pneumoniae strains. To better understand the epidemic of M. pneumoniae-related pneumonia in pediatric patients in Beijing, China, we performed MLVA analysis on 118 specimens collected during...
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