The emergence of Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-152

  Al Hajoj, Sahal ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Pasteur Institute of Guadeloupe   (France)

Author keywords

Beijing genotype; emergence; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77954859061     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.65045     Document Type: Article

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