The forest behind the tree: phylogenetic exploration of a dominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain lineage from a high tuberculosis burden country.

<h4>Background</h4>Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is a powerful tool for epidemiological control of tuberculosis (TB) and phylogenetic exploration of the pathogen. Standardized PCR-based typing, based on 15 to 24 mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable numb...

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Main Authors: Maranibia Cardoso Oelemann, Harrison M Gomes, Eve Willery, Lia Possuelo, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Caroline Allix-Béguec, Camille Locht, Yves-Olivier L Goguet de la Salmonière, Maria Cristina Gutierrez, Philip Suffys, Philip Supply
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/44aed9d3e4734123984f14407475098a
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