Strain variation in Mycobacterium avium: Polymorphism of IS1110-related sequences

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 192-198

  Hernandez Perez, Manolo ^a,e   Kunze, Zubair M ^a,f   Brown, Sheldon ^b,c   Yakrus, Mitchell A ^d   McFadden, Johnjoe ^a   Dale, Jeremy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^f Med Intl Pharma F   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemiology; Insertion sequence; Mycobacterium avium; Polymorphism; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 8244225818     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(97)90035-7     Document Type: Article

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