The role of molecular biology techniques in diagnosis and control of tuberculosis;El papel de las técnicas de biologia molecular en el diagnóstico y control de tuberculosis

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-290

  Loera Castañeda, Verónica ^a   Sánchez Corona, José ^a   Morán Moguel, María Cristina ^a,b  

^a Div de Medicina Molecular   (Mexico)

^b Sector Libertad   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038007512     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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