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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections: main methodologies and achievements.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jan 2001
Van Soolingen D
Abstract excerpt
In the last decade, DNA fingerprint techniques have become available to study the interperson transmission of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. These methods have facilitated epidemiological studies at a population level. In addition, the species identification of rarely encountered mycobacteria has improved significantly. This article describes the state of the art of the main molecular typing...
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