Molecular epidemiology: A tool for understanding control of tuberculosis transmission

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-231

  Daley, Charles L ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 17044437742     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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