title: [Progress of research in the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
authors.forename: Tomotada
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
mesh_terms: D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000639:trends*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*