Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission between Cluster Members with Similar Fingerprint Patterns.

Autor: Ijaz, Kashef, Zhenhua Yang, Matthews, Stewart, Bates, Joseph H., Caves, M. Donald
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Nov2002, Vol. 8 Issue 11, p1257, 3p, 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram
Abstrakt: Examines epidemiologic evidence of transmission among tuberculosis patients in Arkansas whose isolates have similar DNA fingerprint patterns. Importance of the identity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in the transmission of the disease; Evaluation of the usefulness of such evidence in determining links in TB contact investigations in a cluster of patients; Factors that account for changes in restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns.
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