Molecular typing has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

Genotyping is used to track specific isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a community.
It has been successfully used in epidemiologic research (termed 'molecular epidemiology ') …

The aims of the present study were to implement a microbead-based 'spoligotyping'
technique and to evaluate improvements by the addition of a panel of 25 extra spacers that …

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been used to trace
the transmission of M. tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). Previously …

Current typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex evolved from simple
phenotypic approaches like phage typing and drug susceptibility profiling to DNA-based …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains represent targets of special importance for
molecular surveillance of tuberculosis (TB), especially because they are associated with …

We developed a new multiplexed-PCR assay to accurately classify Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex (MTC) isolates at the sublineage level by single nucleotide …

Genotypic studies are important to understand the molecular epidemiology and transmission
routes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the first and largest study from India, spoligotyping …

Australia has a low tuberculosis incidence rate with most cases occurring among recent
immigrants. Given suboptimal cluster resolution achieved with 24-locus mycobacterium …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an immense public health problem in the Republic of Korea
despite a more than fivefold decrease in the prevalence of the disease over the last 3 …