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[Evaluation of JATA(12)-variable number of tandem repeats as a marker of the source of tuberculosis outbreaks in Osaka].
Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] - 1 Apr 2013
Tamaru Aki, Wada Takayuki, Iwamoto Tomotada, Hase Atsushi
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the usefulness of the JATA (12)-variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) system for identifying the source of Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks. DESIGN; JATA(12)-VNTR genotyping was performed on M. tuberculosis isolates from a total of 206 patients in whom group infection was confirmed by epidemiological studies ("group infection"), as well as from 64 patient clusters in whom group...
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