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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
Academic Editor: Carl Marrs
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2003, 8(4), 440–450;
https://doi.org/10.2741/1024
Published: 1 January 2003
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular epidemiology of Infectious diseases)
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.