Stability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA genotypes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1107-1111

  Yeh, Robert W ^c   De Leon, Alfredo Ponce ^b   Agasino, Cristina B ^c   Hahn, Judith A ^c   Daley, Charles L ^c   Hopewell, Philip C ^c   Small, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031968881     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517406     Document Type: Article

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