Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology

Kamerbeek, Judith; M. Schouls, Leo; H Kolk, A; van Agterveld, M; van Soolingen, Dick; Kuijper, Sjoukje; Bunschoten, Annelies; Molhuizen, H.O.F.; J Shaw, R; Goyal, Madhu; van Embden, J

doi:10.1128/jcm.35.4.907-914.1997

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Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Apr 1, 1997

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Judith Kamerbeek

Leo M. Schouls

A H Kolk

Abstract

Widespread use of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to differentiate strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to monitor the transmission of tuberculosis has been hampered by the need to culture this slow-growing organism and by the level of technical sophistication needed for RFLP ty...

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Restriction fragment length polymorphism

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