Transmission dynamics and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 217-221

  Soini, H ^a   Pan, X ^a   Teeter, L ^a   Musser, J M ^a   Graviss, E A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM;

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

EID: 0035164782     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.217-221.2001     Document Type: Article

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