The role of molecular techniques in the understanding of emerging infections

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 120-128

  Sable, Carole A ^a   Mandell, Gerald L ^a  

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HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030095418     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-4310(96)88722-3     Document Type: Review

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