Comparison of DNA fingerprint patterns of isolates of Mycobacterium africanum from East and West Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 663-666

  Haas, Walter H ^a   Bretzel, Gisela ^b   Amthor, Beate ^a   Schilke, Kathrin ^a   Krommes, Gero ^b   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^c   Sticht Groh, Veronica ^b   Bremer, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031044877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.663-666.1997     Document Type: Article

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