A computer-assisted molecular epidemiologic approach to confronting the reemergence of tuberculosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Woelffer, Gregory B ^a   Bradford, William Z ^b   Paz, Antonio ^c   Small, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Port of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; DNA fingerprinting; Epidemiology; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030030709     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199601000-00004     Document Type: Article

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