Discriminatory Ability of Hypervariable Variable Number Tandem Repeat Loci in Population-based Analysis ofMycobacterium tuberculosisStrains, London, UK

Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽

10.3201/eid1510.090463 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 15 (10) ◽

pp. 1609-1616 ◽

Author(s):

Preya Velji ◽

Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy ◽

Timothy Brown ◽

Francis Drobniewski

Keyword(s):

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Population Based ◽

Variable Number ◽

Discriminatory Ability

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Hypervariable loci that enhance the discriminatory ability of newly proposed 15-loci and 24-loci variable-number tandem repeat typing method onMycobacterium tuberculosisstrains predominated by the Beijing family

FEMS Microbiology Letters ◽

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00658.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 270 (1) ◽

pp. 67-74 ◽

Author(s):

Tomotada Iwamoto ◽

Shiomi Yoshida ◽

Katsuhiro Suzuki ◽

Motohisa Tomita ◽

Riyo Fujiyama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Beijing Family ◽

Typing Method ◽

Discriminatory Ability ◽

Hypervariable Loci

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Assessment of an Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive- Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing System Combined with Spoligotyping for Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Studies of Tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.01393-06 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 691-697 ◽

Author(s):

M. C. Oelemann ◽

R. Diel ◽

V. Vatin ◽

W. Haas ◽

S. Rusch-Gerdes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Molecular Epidemiology ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Population Based ◽

Variable Number ◽

Typing System ◽

Epidemiology Studies

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Low Positive Predictive Values and Specificities of Spoligotyping and Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing Methods for Performing Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Studies of Tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.43.6.3031-3032.2005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 43 (6) ◽

pp. 3031-3032 ◽

Author(s):

O. K. Koksalan ◽

A. N. Scott ◽

L. Joseph ◽

M. A. Behr

Keyword(s):

Molecular Epidemiology ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Population Based ◽

Variable Number ◽

Predictive Values ◽

Typing Methods ◽

Epidemiology Studies

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Three-Year Population-Based Evaluation of Standardized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.02089-07 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 1398-1406 ◽

Author(s):

C. Allix-Beguec ◽

M. Fauville-Dufaux ◽

P. Supply

Keyword(s):

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Population Based ◽

Variable Number

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Hypervariable loci that enhance the discriminatory ability of newly proposed 15-loci and 24-loci variable-number tandem repeat typing method onMycobacterium tuberculosisstrains predominated by the Beijing family

FEMS Microbiology Letters ◽

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00777.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 272 (2) ◽

pp. 282-283 ◽

Author(s):

Tomotada Iwamoto ◽

Shiomi Yoshida ◽

Katsuhiro Suzuki ◽

Motohisa Tomita ◽

Riyo Fujiyama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Beijing Family ◽

Typing Method ◽

Discriminatory Ability ◽

Hypervariable Loci

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Reply to "Evaluation of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Genotyping as Performed in Laboratories in Canada, France, and the United States"

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.00233-12 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 1832-1832

Author(s):

J. L. de Beer ◽

D. van Soolingen

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

The United States ◽

Variable Number

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Comparison of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis and Whole-Genome Sequencing for Investigation of Clostridium difficile Transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.01095-13 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 51 (12) ◽

pp. 4141-4149 ◽

Author(s):

D. W. Eyre ◽

W. N. Fawley ◽

E. L. Best ◽

D. Griffiths ◽

N. E. Stoesser ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clostridium Difficile ◽

Whole Genome Sequencing ◽

Genome Sequencing ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Repeat Analysis

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Evaluating the Use of Multilocus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 as a Routine Public Health Tool in England

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0085901 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. e85901 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa Byrne ◽

Richard Elson ◽

Timothy J. Dallman ◽

Neil Perry ◽

Philip Ashton ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Escherichia Coli ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Shiga Toxin ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Escherichia Coli O157 ◽

Repeat Analysis

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Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Discrimination of Sporadic and Outbreak-Related Strains of Yersinia enterocolitica

BMC Microbiology ◽

10.1186/1471-2180-11-42 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 42 ◽

Author(s):

Leila M Sihvonen ◽

Susanna Toivonen ◽

Kaisa Haukka ◽

Markku Kuusi ◽

Mikael Skurnik ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Yersinia Enterocolitica ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽

Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Pulsed Field ◽

Repeat Analysis ◽

Susceptibility Patterns

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Evaluation of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for Typing a Polyclonal Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Population in an Area Where Such Infections Are Endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.02220-09 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (8) ◽

pp. 2991-2994 ◽

Author(s):

B. Rivero-Perez ◽

E. Perez-Roth ◽

S. Mendez-Alvarez

Keyword(s):

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Tandem Repeat ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽

Variable Number ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Multiple Locus ◽

Repeat Analysis ◽

Hospital Acquired

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