DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Lessons learned and implications for the future

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1314-1319

  McNabb, Scott J N ^a   Braden, Christopher R ^a   Navin, Thomas R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036826941     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020402     Document Type: Article

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