Guidance

National TB strain typing service: factsheet

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Tuberculosis (TB): national strain typing service and Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial diseases: diagnosis, screening, management and data
• Published: 30 January 2014

Information on how Public Health England uses the tuberculosis (TB) strain typing service data.

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Tuberculosis (TB) strain typing service: factsheet

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2013435 PDF, 58.1KB, 4 pages

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This factsheet includes information on the advantages and disadvantages of using MIRU-VNTR (mycobacterial interspersed repeat units - variable number tandem repeats) over other genotyping methods.

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Published: 30 January 2014

From: Public Health England

Part of: Tuberculosis (TB): national strain typing service Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial diseases: diagnosis, screening, management and data