The ontario universal typing of tuberculosis (OUT-TB) surveillance program- what it means to you;le typage universel du programme de surveillance de la tuberculose en Ontario - ce qu'il signifie pour vous

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bolotin, Shelly ^a   Alexander, David C ^a   Guthrie, Jennifer L ^a   Drews, Steven J ^a,b   Jamieson, Frances ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 77954754573     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/715202     Document Type: Article

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