A quantitative evaluation of MIRU-VNTR typing against whole-genome sequencing for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: a prospective observational cohort study

A quantitative evaluation of MIRU-VNTR typing against whole-genome sequencing for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: a prospective observational cohort study

Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing is widely used in high-income countries to determine Mycobacterium tuberculosis relatedness. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is known to deliver greater specificity, but no quantitative prospective comparison h...

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Autores principales: Wyllie, DH, Davidson, JA, Smith, E, Rathod, P, Crook, DW, Peto, TEA, Robinson, E, Walker, T, Campbell, C
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018

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