Analysis of DNA fingerprints of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients registered at health center in Gyeonggi Province in 2004

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-296

  Park, Young Kil ^b   Kang, Hee Yeun ^b   Lim, Jang Geun ^b   Ha, Jong Sik ^b   Cho, Jung Ok ^b   Lee, Ka Chel ^b   Choi, Hang Soon ^b   Choi, Young Hwa ^b   Sheen, Seung So ^b   Bai, Gill Han ^a  

^a Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster; DNA fingerprinting; Epidemiology; Gyeonggi Province; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE NUMBER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745432226     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2006.60.3.290     Document Type: Article

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