Environmental mycobacteria in areas of high and low tuberculosis prevalence in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 280-285

  Ghaemi, E ^a   Ghazisaidi, K ^b   Koohsari, H ^c   Khodabakhshi, B ^a   Mansoorian, A ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Lahijan Free University   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IRAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FALLAX; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GASTRI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM THERMORESISTIBILE; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIVIALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BCG VACCINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33749501773     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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