Characterization of M. tuberculosis strains from West African patients by spoligotyping

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1189-1192

  Niang, Mbayame Ndiaye ^a   Goguet De La Salmoniere, Yves ^b   Samb, Abibou ^c   Hane, Abdoul Almamy ^d   Cisse, Moussa Fafa ^c   Gicquel, Brigitte ^b   Perraut, Ronald ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d Hôpital de Fann   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains; PCR; Spoligotyping; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345440003     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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