Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Malaysia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1265-1268

  Dale, Jeremy W ^a   Nor, Rohana Mat ^b,d   Ramayah, Soshila ^c   Tang, Thean Hock ^b   Zainuddin, Zainul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c Institute for Respiratory Medicine   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032894737     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1265-1268.1999     Document Type: Article

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