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Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis is a suitable tool for differentiation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains without cultivation.

ABSTRACT: An assay based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis allowed differentiating and studying diversity and persistence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains in pig herds without prior cultivation. The test had a discriminatory index of >0.99 and was applied reliably to porcine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and tracheal swabs.

SUBMITTER: Vranckx K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3122671 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis is a suitable tool for differentiation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains without cultivation.

Vranckx K K Maes D D Calus D D Villarreal I I Pasmans F F Haesebrouck F F

Journal of clinical microbiology 20110309 5

An assay based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis allowed differentiating and studying diversity and persistence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains in pig herds without prior cultivation. The test had a discriminatory index of >0.99 and was applied reliably to porcine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and tracheal swabs. ...[more]

PMID: 21389157

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