Retrospective analysis of the Beijing family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in preserved lung tissues

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 471-474

  Qian, Lishi ^a   Van Embden, Jan D A ^b   Van Der Zanden, Adri G M ^c   Weltevreden, Evert F ^c   Duanmu, Hongjin ^d   Douglas, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Hospital Centre Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

^d National Tuberculosis Control Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032955356     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.471-474.1999     Document Type: Article

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