Interpreting DNA fingerprint clusters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1055-1060

  Glynn, J R ^a   Bauer, J ^b   De Boer, A S ^c   Borgdorff, M W ^d   Fine, P E M ^a   Godfrey Faussett, P ^a   Vynnycky, E ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Molecular epidemiology; RFLP; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032752535     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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