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Development of a new ligation-mediated PCR method for the differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Mar 2014
Żaczek A, Brzostek A, Kuroń A, Wojtasik A, Sajduda A, Dziadek J
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BACKGROUND: There is a need for rapid, inexpensive methods for analysing a limited number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction (LM-PCR) method appears to be sufficiently discriminative and reproducible to be considered as a molecular tool for the initial evaluation of hospital outbreaks, laboratory cross-contamination, and family or small community transmission....
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