Results from 5 years of nationwide DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in a country with a low incidence of M. tuberculosis infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Bauer, Jeanett ^a   Yang, Zhenhua ^a   Poulsen, Sigrid ^a   Andersen, Åse B ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031975305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.305-308.1998     Document Type: Article

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