Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as an epidemiological marker

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 251-252

  van Soolingen, Dick ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84897957615     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70049-9     Document Type: Note

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