Molecular fingerprinting of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in new cases of tuberculosis using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit–variable number tandem repeat genotyping (MIRU-VNTR) – Epidemiology of drug resistant tuberculosis in Greece

N. Rovina, S. Karabella, P. Constantoulakis, V. Michou, K. Konstantinou, V. Sgountzos, C. Roussos, N. Poulakis (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Clinical tuberculosis
Session: Clinical tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3193
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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N. Rovina, S. Karabella, P. Constantoulakis, V. Michou, K. Konstantinou, V. Sgountzos, C. Roussos, N. Poulakis (Athens, Greece). Molecular fingerprinting of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in new cases of tuberculosis using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit–variable number tandem repeat genotyping (MIRU-VNTR) – Epidemiology of drug resistant tuberculosis in Greece. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 3193

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