Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by spoligotyping and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 647-651

  Goyal, M ^a   Saunders, N A ^b   Van Embden, J D A ^c   Young, D B ^a   Shaw, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Infectious Disease Control   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031057611     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.647-651.1997     Document Type: Article

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