Heterogeneity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Sunamganj District, Bangladesh

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Storla, Dag Gundersen ^a,b,c   Rahim, Zeaur ^d   Islam, Mohammed Akramul ^e   Plettner, Steven ^f   Begum, Vikarunessa ^g   Mannsaaker, Turid ^c   Myrvang, Bjørn ^b   Bjune, Gunnar ^a   Dahle, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d Centre for Health and Population Research   (Norway)

^e RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^f Destiny Associates   (Bangladesh)

^g National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL AREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33746610534     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600606465     Document Type: Article

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