Finer snapshot of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2685-2687

  Millet, Julie ^a   Laurent, William ^a   Zozio, Thierry ^a   Rastogi, Nalin ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FRENCH GUIANA; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GUADELOUPE; MARTINIQUE; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNIT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOLIGOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959835340     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00708-11     Document Type: Article

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