Evaluation of the new advanced 15-loci MIRU-VNTR genotyping tool in <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>molecular epidemiology studies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During the last few years, PCR-based methods have been developed to simplify and reduce the time required for genotyping <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>(MTB) by standard approaches based on <it>IS6110</it>...

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Main Authors: Bouza Emilio, Sanchez-Benitez Marisa, Barroso Pilar, Martínez-Lirola Miguel, Herránz Marta, Alonso-Rodríguez Noelia, de Viedma Darío
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/34