Can MLVA (multiple loci VNTR analysis) be used to distinguish acute from chronic infection in a single clinical sample?

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Is there data/publication showing that clinical bacterial whole genome sequencing data can distinguish chronic infection as reflected in diversity in sequence at hypervariable tandem repeat sites, from acute infection where the expectation is that hypervariable tandem repeat sites will be relatively homogenous?

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