Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in a slum area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1063-1068

  Mendes, Joycenea Matsuda ^a   Machado, Silvia Maria Almeida ^b   Lourenço, Maria Cristina ^b   Ferreira, Rosa Maria Carvalho ^b   Fonseca, Leila De Souza ^c   Saad, Maria Helena Feres ^b  

^a INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology, molecular; Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission; Polymorphism, restriction fragment length; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POVERTY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POVERTY AREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349085597     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008001200012     Document Type: Article

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