Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in the Australian population: DNA typing of isolates, 1970-1994

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 722-731

  Cousins, D V ^a   Williams, S N ^a   Dawson, D J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Fingerprinting; Mycobacterium bovis; RFLP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032774614     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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