Follow up ofMycobacterium tuberculosistransmission in the French West Indies by IS6110-DNA fingerprinting and DR-based spoligotyping
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- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 21 (3) , 203-212
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.1998.tb01167.x
Abstract
A total of 115 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from 80 patients were typed using IS6110-DNA fingerprinting and DR-based spoligotyping to describeKeywords
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