Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Montreal

Sophie Kulaga,Marcel A. Behr,Kenneth Musana,Jacquelyn N. Brinkman,Dick Menzies,Paul Brassard,Dennis Kunimoto,Terry-Nan Tannenbaum,Louise Thibert,Lawrence Joseph,Jean-François Boivin,Kevin Schwartzman

Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Montreal

2002

Sophie Kulaga
Marcel A. Behr
Kenneth Musana
Jacquelyn N. Brinkman
Dick Menzies
Paul Brassard
Dennis Kunimoto
Terry-Nan Tannenbaum
Louise Thibert
Lawrence Joseph
Jean-François Boivin
Kevin Schwartzman

Molecular markers provide an important method for detecting tuberculosis (TB) transmission that has been followed by rapid progression to active disease.[1][1] Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been used to confirm outbreaks, through the

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Restriction fragment length polymorphism
Pathology
DNA profiling
Molecular epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Outbreak
Biology
urban health
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