IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Campinas, Brazil. Evidence of Intercontinental Distribution of Strains

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-658

  Calusni, Ana Lucia Roscani ^a   Roscani, Gláucia Nogueira ^a   Villares, Maria Cecília Barisson ^a   Soini, Hanna ^b   Graviss, Edward A ^c   De Carvalho Ramos, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0142197123     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000500012     Document Type: Article

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