Molecular, epidemiological and infectivity characterisation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain prevalent in Madrid

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1210-1213

  Martin A ^a   Chaves, F ^b   Inigo J ^c   Alonso, M ^a   Sola, C ^d   Rastogi, N ^d   Ruiz Serrano, M J ^a   Palenque, E ^b   Bouza, E ^a   Garcia de Viedma D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c Dirección General de Salud Pública   (Spain)

^d Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infectivity; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping; ST20

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITVIT1; SPAIN; STRAIN 5; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35848947551     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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