Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in San Francisco that do not contain IS6110

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 518-520

  Agasino, C B ^a   Ponce de Leon, A ^a   Jasmer, R M ^b   Small, P M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

IS6110; Molecular diagnostics; Molecular epidemiology; PGRS; RFLP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031816702     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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