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Low cost, low tech SNP genotyping tools for resource-limited areas: Plague in Madagascar as a model.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Dec 2017
Mitchell Cedar L, Andrianaivoarimanana Voahangy, Colman Rebecca E, Busch Joseph, Hornstra-O'Neill Heidie, Keim Paul S, Wagner David M, Rajerison Minoarisoa, Birdsell Dawn N
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BACKGROUND: Genetic analysis of pathogenic organisms is a useful tool for linking human cases together and/or to potential environmental sources. The resulting data can also provide information on evolutionary patterns within a targeted species and phenotypic traits. However, the instruments often used to generate genotyping data, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), can be expensive and sometimes...
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