DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from epidemiologically linked case pairs

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1224-1229

  Bennett, Diane E ^a   Onorato, Ida M ^a   Ellis, Barbara A ^a   Crawford, Jack T ^a   Schable, Barbara ^a   Byers, Robert ^a   Kammerer, J Steve ^a   Braden, Christopher R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036848931     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020420     Document Type: Article

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