Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from throughout Japan: Phylogeny and genetic features

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1201-1204

  Maeda, S ^a   Wada, T ^b   Iwamoto, T ^c   Murase, Y ^a   Mitarai, S ^a   Sugawara, I ^a   Kato, S ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beijing family; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Phylogeny; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956575699     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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