title: Unusual mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit alleles in loci 580 and 4348 among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Albania.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4494-5762
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trovato
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borroni
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Silva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tafaj
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hafizi
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy cirillo.daniela@hsr.it.
authors.forename: Daniela Maria
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cirillo
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania; D000483:Alleles; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*