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[Diagnosed tuberculosis using specific DNA probe hybridization methods].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Nov 2002
Furuta Itaru, Yamazumi Toshiaki
Abstract excerpt
In Japan, reported cases of tuberculosis had declined nearly every year until 1995. However, in 1997 newly recorded cases began increasing for the first time in more than 38 years. Recent studies using DNA fingerprinting show that person- to person transmission may account for as many as one-third of new cases of tuberculosis in citizen populations. Nucleic acid hybridization methods using specific DNA probes can...
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