We applied MIRU-VNTR (mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat typing) to directly analyze the bacilli present in 61 stain-positive specimens from tuberculosis patients. A complete MIRU type (24 loci) was obtained for all but one (no amplification in one locus) of the specimens (98.4%), and the allelic values fully correlated with those obtained from the corresponding cultures. Our study is the first to demonstrate that real-time genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be achieved, fully transforming the way in which molecular epidemiology techniques can be integrated into control programs.
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Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Doencas Torax Hosp Univ Clementino Fraga Fil, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilJohns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Ctr TB Res, Baltimore, MD 21231 USA
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Univ Joseph KI ZERBO, Burkina Field Epidemiol Training Program, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoUniv Joseph KI ZERBO, Burkina Field Epidemiol Training Program, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ballayira, Yaya
Yanogo, Pauline Kiswendsida
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Yanogo, Pauline Kiswendsida
Konate, Bakary
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Minist Hlth, Natl Directorate Hlth, Bamako, MaliUniv Joseph KI ZERBO, Burkina Field Epidemiol Training Program, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Konate, Bakary
Diallo, Fadima
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Diallo, Fadima
Sawadogo, Bernard
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African Field Epidemiol Network, Kampala, UgandaUniv Joseph KI ZERBO, Burkina Field Epidemiol Training Program, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Sawadogo, Bernard
Antara, Simon
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Antara, Simon
Meda, Nicolas
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