The transmission of tuberculosis in the light of new molecular biological approaches

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-102

  Seidler, A ^a   Nienhaus, A ^b   Diel, R ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst for Statutory Accident Ins   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0942268785     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.008573     Document Type: Review

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