Evaluation of alternatives to RFLP for the analysis of clustered cases of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-459

  De Viedma, Darío García ^a   Rodriguez N A ^a   Andres S ^a   Lirola, M M ^b   Ruiz Serrano, M J ^a   Bouza, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

MIRU; Molecular epidemiology; RFLP; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645673898     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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