Determination of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and transmission patterns among pulmonary TB patients in Kawempe municipality, Uganda, using MIRU-VNTR

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nabyonga, Lydia ^a   Kateete, David P ^a   Katabazi, Fred A ^a   Odong, Paul R ^a   Whalen, Christopher C ^b   Dickman, Katherine R ^a,c   Moses, Joloba L ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80051508443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-280     Document Type: Article

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