| Title | Large sequence polymorphisms classify Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with ancestral spoligotyping patterns. |
| Link | http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/10/3393 |
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| Author(s) | Flores L; Van T; Narayanan S; DeRiemer K; Kato-Maeda M; Gagneux S. |
| 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. |
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| Publisher | American Society of Microbiology |
| Source | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Publication Type | Research study |
| Category | Investigation |
| Level of Evidence | Evidence cited, Professional opinion |
| Coverage | National |
| Format | Pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Rights | Site-specific password |
| Date of publishing | 10/01/2007 |
| Date of last review by us | 03/06/2008 |