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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis
Zhenhua Yang1,*
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Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 S. Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2003, 8(4), 440–450;
https://doi.org/10.2741/1024
Published: 1 January 2003
Abstract
Recent development of molecular techniques in typing pathogenic organisms has changed the way of epidemiologic study of infectious disease. Here I review the recent achievements and challenges in molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis.