Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis by the use of IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism: A study from 2001 to 2003

Kekkaku

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-328

  Ano, Hiromi ^a   Matsumoto, Tomoshige ^a   Yoshida, Hiroko ^a   Nagai, Muneyuki ^a   Tamura, Yoshitaka ^a   Nishimori, Kei ^b   Kawahara, Kunimitsu ^a   Takashima, Tetsuya ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Izuo ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Animal Health

Author keywords

16 VNTR; Cluster formation rate; DNA fingerprinting; IS6110 RFLP; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746527072     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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