Comparison of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat and IS6110-RFLP methods in identifying epidemiological links in patients with tuberculosis in Northwest of Iran

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Asgharzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Kafil, Hossein Samadi ^b   Khakpour, Mansour ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

IS6110 RFLP; MIRU VNTR; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 47849108197     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175339     Document Type: Article

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