Clustering of Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Mekong delta in Vietnam on the basis of variable number of tandem repeat versus restriction fragment length polymorphism typing.

Huyen MNT, Kremer K, Lan NTN, Buu TN, Cobelens FG, Tiemersma EW, de Haas P, van Soolingen D.

BMC Infect Dis 2013;13:63.

Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23375050

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