Identifying and Quantifying Genotypes in Polyclonal Infections due to Single Species

Simultaneous infection with multiple pathogens of the same species occurs with HIV, hepatitis C, Epstein-Barr virus, dengue, tuberculosis, and malaria. However, available methods do not distinguish among or quantify pathogen genotypes in individual patients; they also cannot test for novel insertion...

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Main Authors: James M. Colborn, Ousmane Koita, Ousmane Cissé, Mamadou W. Bagayoko, Edward J. Guthrie, Donald J. Krogstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-0572_article