Multiplex PCR assay to aid in the identification of the highly transmissible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain CDC1551

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Plikaytis, B B ^a   Kurepina, N ^b   Woodley, C L ^a   Fleischmann, R ^c   Kreiswirth, B ^b   Shinnick, T M ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032833806     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1999.0197     Document Type: Article

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