Molecular fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on a Caribbean Island with IS6110 and DRr probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 843-846

  Sola, Christophe ^a   Horgen, Lionel ^a   Goh, Khye Seng ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 0031003605     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.843-846.1997     Document Type: Article

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