We compared mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU)-variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing to traditional spoligotyping for discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains. Our 17-loci MIRU-VNTR typing method was found to be superior to spoligotyping for non-Beijing family strains. To extend the method we also established PCR-based rapid genotyping protocols for Beijing, East-African-Indian and U lineages.
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