Quality assessment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping in a large laboratory network

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1210-1215

  Braden, Christopher R ^a   Crawford, Jack T ^a   Schable, Barbara A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0036847693     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020401     Document Type: Article

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