First molecular epidemiological study of tuberculosis in Benin

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Affolabi, Dissou ^a,b   Anyo, G ^b   Faihun F ^a   Sanoussi, N ^a   Shamputa, I C ^b   Rigouts, L ^b   Kestens, L ^b   Anagonou, S ^a   Portaels, F ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries   (Benin)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cotonou; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BENIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BENIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 62349116868     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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