title: Optimization of standard 24-locus variable-number tandem-repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: a multicenter perspective.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1019-CNRS UMR 8204, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université Nord de France, Lille, France Genoscreen, Lille, France Philip.supply@pasteur-lille.fr.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Supply
authors.affiliation: Genoscreen, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudin
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1019-CNRS UMR 8204, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université Nord de France, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raze
mesh_terms: D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*