Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-517

  Jou, Ruwen ^a,c   Huang, Wei Lun ^a   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c Research and Diagnostic Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FARM ANIMAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; TAIWAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 41349118551     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070058     Document Type: Letter

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