DNA typing of a nonviable culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a homeless shelter outbreak [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 274-275

  Driscoll, Jeffrey R ^a   McGarry, Michael A ^a   Taber, Harry W ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032924071     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.274-275.1999     Document Type: Letter

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