Characterization of the Manila family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2723-2726

  Douglas, James T ^a   Qian, Lishi ^a   Montoya, Jaime C ^b   Musser, James M ^c   Van Embden, Jan D A ^d   Van Soolingen, Dick ^d   Kremer, Kristin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

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

EID: 0038519130     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2723-2726.2003     Document Type: Article

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