The most prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis superfamilies among Iranian and Afghan TB cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 463-468

  Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a   Farnia, Parissa ^a,b   Mirsaeidi, Mehdi ^a   Reza Masjedi, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33746634287     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500504117     Document Type: Article

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