Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal, Supplement

Volumn 20, Issue 36, 2002, Pages

  Burgos, Marcos V ^a   Pym, A S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Fitness; Genomics; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymorphism; Restriction fragment length

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036069470     PISSN: 09041850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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