Highly polymorphic variable-number tandem repeats loci for differentiating Beijing genotype strains ofMycobacterium tuberculosisin Shanghai, China
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- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 282 (1) , 22-31
Abstract
The PCR-based variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR) typing method is a very promising tool for the molecular epidemiological study of Mycobacterium tKeywords
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