Diversity of DNA fingerprints of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1003-1007

  Yang, Zhenhua ^a,b   Barnes, Peter F ^c   Chaves, Fernando ^a,b,d   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^a,b   Weis, Stephen E ^e   Bates, Joseph H ^a,b   Cave, M Donald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^d Hospital General Penitenciario   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031943171     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1003-1007.1998     Document Type: Article

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