Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from medieval human remains

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 899-904

  Taylor, G M ^a   Goyal, M ^b   Legge, A J ^c   Shaw, R J ^a   Young, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medieval bones; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BONE; CADAVER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032954395     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-899     Document Type: Article

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