Spoligotyping and IS6110-RFLP typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from French Guiana: a comparison of results with international databases underlines interregional transmission from neighboring countries
- 17 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Research in Microbiology
- Vol. 153 (2) , 81-88
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0923-2508(01)01292-x
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