Research Article

Evaluation of variable numbers of tandem repeat as molecular epidemiological markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan

Journal of Medical Microbiology 2007; 56(8):1052 · https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46990-0

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Abstract

1 Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 8-34 Tojo-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan

2 Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Identification, Mycobacterium Reference Center, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, 3-1-24 Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan

3 Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan