Evaluation and strategy for use of MIRU-VNTR plus, a multifunctional database for online analysis of genotyping data and phylogenetic identification of …

C Allix-Béguec, D Harmsen, T Weniger… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Because of its portable data, discriminatory power, and recently proposed standardization,
mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) …

[HTML][HTML] Snapshot of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Iraq

MM Ahmed, SH Mohammed, HAA Nasurallah… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study explored the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Iraq by
spoligotyping and 15-locus-based mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable …

Tuberculosis transmission in a high incidence area: a retrospective molecular epidemiological study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Casablanca, Morocco

L Tazi, R Reintjes, AL Banuls - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2007 - Elsevier
Like in most developing countries, tuberculosis represents a major public health problem in
Morocco. This paper describes the first study combining molecular and conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid detection of laboratory cross-contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using multispacer sequence typing

Z Djelouadji, J Orehek, M Drancourt - BMC microbiology, 2009 - Springer
Background The ability to culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical specimens
serves as the gold standard for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, a number of false …

DNA FINGERPRINTING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FIRST LINE ANTI-TB DRUG RESISTANCE IN MYCOBACTERIUM …

M Yasmin - 2011 - repository.pastic.gov.pk
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most devastating infectious diseases that is highly endemic
in Pakistan. Pakistan is ranked 5th amongst 22 high tuberculosis burden countries of the …