Standardised PCR-based molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1077-1084

  Allix Beguec C ^a,c   Supply, P ^d   Wanlin, M ^b   Bifani, P ^a   Fauville Dufaux, M ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Lung and Tuberculosis Association   (Belgium)

^c Genoscreen   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 47049097690     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00053307     Document Type: Article

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