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Tuberculosis
Data from M. Ashworth and colleagues advance knowledge in tuberculosis
May 6th, 2008
"Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is increasingly applied in direct support of tuberculosis outbreak control activities. This is facilitated by PCR-based strain typing methods that enable the genotypic characterization of samples containing small numbers of M. tuberculosis cells," scientists in the United States report. "By using DNA extracted directly from primary diagnostic cultures, PCR-based methods were applied to a tuberculosis outbreak investigation and to surveillance in King County, Washington. In the outbreak investigation, five epidemiologically linked M. tuberculosis isolates had a unique pattern at mycobacterial interspersed...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-06)
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