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American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 11(56), 2018
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00887-18
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Prevalence and Characterization of Heterogeneous Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Clusters Comprising Drug-Susceptible and/or Variable Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in the Netherlands from 2004 to 2016
Journal article published in 2018 by
Inge Roof 
,
Rana Jajou,
Miranda Kamst,
Arnout Mulder,
Albert de Neeling,
Rianne van Hunen,
Wim van der Hoek,
Dick van Soolingen
,
Rana Jajou,
Miranda Kamst,
Arnout Mulder,
Albert de Neeling,
Rianne van Hunen,
Wim van der Hoek,
Dick van Soolingen
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Abstract
The variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) typing method is used to study tuberculosis (TB) transmission. Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with identical VNTR patterns is assumed to reflect recent transmission.