Unexpectedly high strain diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high-incidence community

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

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

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030024330     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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