Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Prague and South Moravia, Czech Republic: Genetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by IS6110-RFLP fingerprinting and spoligotyping

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-150

  Kurepina, N B ^a   Kreiswirth, B N ^a   Shaskina, E ^a   Driscoll, J R ^b   Polanecky V ^c   Kozakova B ^c   Mezensky L ^d   Kubin M ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Inst of Hyg of Reg of S Moravia   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4744369215     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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