Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated during a 3-year period (1993 to 1995) in Seville, Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2472-2476

  Safi, Hassan ^a   Aznar, Javier ^a   Palomares, Jose C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030822542     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2472-2476.1997     Document Type: Article

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