A molecular epidemiological approach to studying the transmission of tuberculosis in Amsterdam

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1071-1077

  Van Deutekom, H ^a   Gerritsen, J J J ^b   Van Soolingen, D ^b   Van Ameijden, E J C ^b   Van Embden, J D A ^b   Coutinho, R A ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030732075     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516072     Document Type: Article

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