Abstract
Genomic deletion analysis revealed that strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibiting spoligotyping patterns with almost all spacers present belong either to a strain lineage that includes the W-Beijing strain family or to the ancestral strain lineage of M. tuberculosis.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Gene Deletion
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification*
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Polymorphism, Genetic*
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid