A quantitative evaluation of MIRU-VNTR typing against whole-genome sequencing for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: A prospective observational cohort study
D. Wyllie, J. Davidson, T. Walker, P. Rathod, T. Peto, E. Robinson, D. W. Crook, G. Smith, C. Campbell
This study evaluates MIRU-VNTR typing against whole-genome sequencing to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission, finding low predictive value of MIRU-VNTR and lineage-specific performance.
bioRxiv · Jan 24, 2018Microbiology