A first insight into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, assessed by spoligotyping

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Eldholm, Vegard ^a,b   Matee, Mecky ^c   Mfinanga, Sayoki G M ^c   Heun, Manfred ^b   Dahle, Ulf R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Muhimbili Medical Research Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749521717     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-76     Document Type: Article

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