Three-year longitudinal study of genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low prevalence population

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-272

  Gallego, Blanca ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,b,c   Jelfs, Peter ^b   Coiera, Enrico ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotype clustering; Molecular epidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950324421     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313021003631346     Document Type: Article

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