Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Finland, 2008-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Smit, Pieter Willem ^a,b   Haanperä, Marjo ^b   Rantala, Pirre ^b   Couvin, David ^c   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^b   Rastogi, Nalin ^c   Ruutu, Petri ^b   Soini, Hanna ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84893542661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085027     Document Type: Article

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