Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients in a human immunodeficiency virus cohort in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 374-378

  Strässle, Anni ^a   Putnik, Jasmina ^a   Weber, Rainer ^b   Fehr Merhof, Anja ^b   Wüst, Jürg ^a,c   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Medica   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842289270     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.2.374-378.1997     Document Type: Article

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