Molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in rural Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 747-753

  Wilkinson, David ^a,b   Pillay, Manormoney ^c   Crump, John ^b   Lombard, Carl ^a   Davies, Geraint R ^b   Sturm, A Willem ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

molecular epidemiology; South Africa; transmission; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RURAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030802256     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-386.x     Document Type: Article

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