title: Editorial commentary: genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China and missing links in the chain of ongoing transmission of tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Arend
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven Departments of Pulmonary Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Soolingen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000635:transmission*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: China; genotyping; transmission; tuberculosis; variable number of tandem repeats