Editorial: Towards an understanding of the global migration of mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1593-1594

  Small, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0028997090     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.6.1593     Document Type: Article

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