Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African Community with High HIV Prevalence

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1207-1211

  Middelkoop, Keren ^a,b   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a,b   Mathema, Barun ^f   Shashkina, Elena ^f   Kurepina, Natalia ^f   Whitelaw, Andrew ^c,d   Fallows, Dorothy ^e   Morrow, Carl ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry ^f   Kaplan, Gilla ^e   Wood, Robin ^a,b  

^a Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FAMILY; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349417906     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605930     Document Type: Article

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