Development of a hierarchical variable-number tandem repeat typing scheme for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China.

Molecular typing based on variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis is a promising tool for identifying transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the currently proposed 15- and 24-locus VNTR sets (VNTR-15/24) only have limited resolution and contain too many loci for large-scale typi...

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Main Authors: Tao Luo, Chongguang Yang, Yu Pang, Yanlin Zhao, Jian Mei, Qian Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24586989/pdf/?tool=EBI