Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Cuba outside of Havana, July 1994-June 1995: Utility of spoligotyping versus IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 743-750

  Diaz, R ^a   Kremer, K ^b   De Haas, P E W ^b   Gomez, R I ^a   Marrero, A ^c   Valdivia, J A ^a   Van Embden, J D A ^b   Van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; IS6110 RFLP; M. tuberculosis; Population based; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CUBA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUBA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031662267     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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