Article
Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, Using Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Nov 2021
Koshi Katsuo, Noda Makiko, Kadokura Yukiko, Kameyama Yoshihiko
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular epidemiological characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains collected from patients in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, 483 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were analyzed using Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA) 18-variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) between 2015 and 2019. To evaluate the lineage of M. tuberculosis strains, JATA18-VNTR profiles were applied to a maximum a...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Molecular Typing
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Prevalence
