A snapshot of genetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ireland over a two-year period, 2010 and 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Fitzgibbon, M M ^a   Gibbons, N ^a   Roycroft, E ^a,b   Jackson, S ^c   O'Donnell, J ^c   O'Flanagan, D ^c   Rogers, T R ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC LINE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84873883284     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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