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Tuberculosis
Findings from W.W. Jiao et al in tuberculosis reported
May 6th, 2008
"The newly proposed variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) typing system, which includes a basic 15-locus set and a high-resolution 24-locus set (P. Supply et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:4498-4510, 2006), demonstrated a high power for the discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected worldwide," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report. "To evaluate its ability to differentiate the Beijing genotype strains from the Beijing area in China, 72 isolates with typical Beijing or Beijing-like spacer oligonucleotide typing profiles were subjected to typing with the VNTR system (24 loci) and typing by restriction fragment...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-06)
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