| an improved multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis for leptospira interrogans serovar australis: a comparison with fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and its use to redefine the molecular epidemiology of this serovar in queensland, australia. | in this study, an improved multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (mlva) method based upon a previously published method is described. improvements to the method included redesigned primers and pcr conditions, combined with pooled capillary electrophoresis using multicolored dyes. allele sizes were converted into an allele string, and each unique allele string was assigned a numerical mlva type (mvt). the improved mlva method was then applied to 96 previously characterized lep ... | 2006 | 17030915 |