Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis.
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.
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Zhenhua
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Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 S. Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. zhenhua@umich.edu
D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*