An evaluation of indices for quantifying tuberculosis transmission using genotypes of pathogen isolates

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tanaka, Mark M ^a   Phong, Renault ^a   Francis, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33747179566     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-92     Document Type: Article

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