Molecular epidemiology: Focus on infection

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1135-1141

  Foxman, Betsy ^a,b   Riley, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Epidemiology, molecular; Tuberculosis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035876033     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.12.1135     Document Type: Review

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