Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Clinical Specimens and Proposal for Amendment of MLVA Nomenclature

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the major respiratory bacterial pathogens that cause pneumonia in humans. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is currently the most discriminative method for typing M. pneumoniae strains. To better understand the epidemic of M. pneumoniae-rel...

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Main Authors: Sun, Hongmei, Xue, Guanhua, Yan, Chao, Li, Shaoli, Cao, Ling, Yuan, Yi, Zhao, Hanqing, Feng, Yanling, Wang, Liqiong, Fan, Zhaoyang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3667773/