title: Implementation of a Consensus Set of Hypervariable Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Loci in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Molecular Epidemiology.
abstract: This study shows that the addition of a consensus 4-locus set of hypervariable mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) loci to the spoligotyping-24-locus MIRU-VNTR typing strategy is a well-standardized approach that can contribute to an improvement of the true cluster definition while retaining high typeability in non-Beijing strains.
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: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Silva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tafaj
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alagna
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Donika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bardhi
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Perlat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kapisyzi
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bala
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Shefqet Ndroqi, Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Migena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haldeda
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: 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: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic