Transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in a high-incidence country: Prospective analysis by PCR DNA fingerprinting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3975-3979

  Haas, W H ^a   Engelmann, G ^a   Amthor, B ^a   Shyamba, S ^b   Mugala, F ^b   Felten, M ^a   Rabbow, M ^c   Leichsenring, M ^a   Oosthuizen, O J ^b   Bremer, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Medicine   (Namibia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAMIBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032702989     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3975-3979.1999     Document Type: Article

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