Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in East Lancashire 2001-2009

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 709-713

  Sails, A D ^a   Barrett, A ^a   Sarginson, S ^a   Magee, J G ^a   Maynard, P ^b   Hafeez, I ^b   Ormerod, L P ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 79960613889     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2011.158881     Document Type: Article

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