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Direct genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Xpert® MTB/RIF remnants.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jul 2018
Mambuque Edson T, Abascal Estefanía, Venter Rouxjeane, Bulo Helder, Bouza Emilio, Theron Grant, García-Basteiro Alberto L, García-de-Viedma Darío
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates has markedly improved our knowledge of its transmission dynamics. MIRU-VNTR is considered the reference molecular tool for MTB fingerprinting. However, the dependence of this technique on cultured isolates means that we lack molecular epidemiology data from many settings where culture facilities have not been implemented. Efforts have been made to adapt the...
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