title: 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.
authors.forename: O Kaya
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Koksalan
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences / Q000235:genetics*; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides