Relative reproductive fitness of the W-Beijing genotype

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-

  Cobelens, Frank ^a  

^a AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84857332323     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0061     Document Type: Editorial

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