Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with additional markers enhances accuracy in epidemiological studies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2219-2224

  Warren, R ^a   Richardson, M ^a   Sampson, S ^a   Hauman, J H ^a   Beyers, N ^a   Donald, P R ^a   Van Helden, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029783442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2219-2224.1996     Document Type: Article

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