Microevolution of the direct repeat locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a strain prevalent in San Francisco

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1558-1560

  Aga, Roxanne S ^a,d   Fair, Elizabeth ^a,c   Abernethy, Neil F ^a,c   DeRiemer, Kathryn ^a,d   Paz, E Antonio ^b   Kawamura, L Masae ^b   Small, Peter M ^a,e   Kato Maeda, Midori ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b San Francisco Section   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DIRECT REPEAT LOCUS; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645925305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1558-1560.2006     Document Type: Article

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