Origins and properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in London

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 575-582

  Dale, Jeremy W ^a   Bothamley, Graham H ^b   Drobniewski, Francis ^c   Gillespie, Stephen H ^d   McHugh, Timothy D ^d   Pitman, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IS6110 GENE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERFAMILY GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 20344403749     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45959-0     Document Type: Article

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