Evolution and clonal traits of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Guinea-Bissau

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3872-3878

  Källenius, Gunilla ^a   Koivula, Tuija ^a,d   Ghebremichael, Solomon ^a   Hoffner, Sven E ^a   Norberg, Renée ^a   Svensson, Erika ^a   Dias, Francisco ^d   Marklund, Britt Inger ^b   Svenson, Stefan B ^a,c  

^a Swed Inst for Infect Dis Cotrol   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Lab Nac de Saude Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344806284     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3872-3878.1999     Document Type: Article

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