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Spacer Oligonucleotide Typing

A PCR-based method for differentiating M. tuberculosis strains based on amplification of the polymorphic direct repeat locus.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains one of the most serious global health problems… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Background Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is one of the major causes of death in the… 
2009
2009
BackgroundBovine tuberculosis (BTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, has remained a major source of concern to public health… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A large diphtheria epidemic in the 1990s in Russia and neighboring countries underlined the importance of permanent surveillance… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
MOTIVATION The Direct Repeat (DR) locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a suitable model to study (i) molecular epidemiology and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
ABSTRACT A collection of 105 clinical isolates originally identified asMycobacterium africanum were characterized using both…