Molecular epidemiology: Applications of nucleic acid amplification and sequence analysis

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-97

  McDade, Joseph E ^a   Anderson, Burt E ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029786457     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017919     Document Type: Review

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