Development of a Hierarchical Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing Scheme for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China

• Tao Luo,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Chongguang Yang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Yu Pang,

  Affiliation Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China

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• Yanlin Zhao,

  Affiliation Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China

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• Jian Mei,

  Affiliation Department of TB Control, Shanghai Municipal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

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• Qian Gao

  * E-mail: qgao99@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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