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DNA fngerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: lessons learned and implications for the future.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2002
McNabb Scott J N, Braden Christopher R, Navin Thomas R
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DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis--a relatively new laboratory technique--offers promise as a powerful aid in the prevention and control of tuberculosis (TB). Established in 1996 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network was a 5-year prospective, population-based study of DNA fingerprinting conducted from 1996 to 2000. The...
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