Characterization of Finnish Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by spoligotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1525-1528

  Puustinen, Kirsi ^a   Marjamäki, Merja ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^c   Sola, Christophe ^c   Filliol, Ingrid ^c   Ruutu, Petri ^a   Holmström, Pekka ^a   Viljanen, Matti K ^a,b   Soini, Hanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DATA BASE; FINLAND; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOLIGOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FINLAND; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037387123     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1525-1528.2003     Document Type: Article

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