title: Genotyping of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates based on eight loci of MIRU-VNTR.
abstract: Genotyping that differentiates between strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on variations in the genome of the organism is a useful tool for molecular epidemiological studies of tuberculosis. In the present study, we identified a combination of five mycobacterial interspersed  repetitive unit (MIRU) loci and three variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) loci of M. tuberculosis that showed a discriminatory power comparable to that of the 15 to 24 loci-based typing proposed for international standardisation in analysing 210 paediatric isolates obtained from  Chongqing, China.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology, Key Laboratory of Paediatrics in Chongqing, Chongqing International Science and Technology Cooperation Centre for Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors: R X
authors: RX
authors: Liu
authors: Q Z
authors: QZ
authors: Li
authors: L L
authors: LL
authors: Xing
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Peng
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Zhu
authors: Z H
authors: ZH
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial