Transmission of Tuberculosis in Havana, Cuba: A Molecular Epidemiological Study by IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-443

  Diaz, R ^a   Gomez, R I ^a   Restrepo, E ^b   Rumbaut, R ^c   Sevy Court, J ^c   Valdivia, J A ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^c Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiologia   (Cuba)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cuba; DNA fingerprinting; Epidemiology; Havana; IS6110 RFLP; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUBA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CUBA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035349948     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000400001     Document Type: Article

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