Diagnosis (TB)

Spoligotyping Offers Fast Strain Identification

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 10th, 1997

Spoligotyping is a quick and accurate method of typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and it can be used in conjunction with restriction fragment length polymorphism, according to a report from the United Kingdom.

The report was delivered at the Winter Meeting of the British Thoracic Society, held December 9-11, 1996 in London, United Kingdom.

The ability to type strains of M. tuberculosis offers the potential to track the spread of infection and identify the location and patterns of behavior promoting transmission.

The most widely used typing method, IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP),...

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