DRE-PCR (Double Repetitive Element-Polymerase Chain Reaction) - A new molecular epidemiological method in tuberculosis

Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 82-86

  Xet Mull, A M ^a   Kubin M ^a   Prikazsky V ^a   Harris, E H ^a   Riley, L W ^a  

^a Hygienicka Stanice hl m Prahy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DRE PCR; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034801724     PISSN: 12107913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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