Insertion element IS986 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a useful tool for diagnosis and epidemiology of tuberculosis.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 01, 1990

Authors

P W Hermans1, D van Soolingen, J W Dale, A R Schuitema, R A McAdam, D Catty, J D van Embden

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1: National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

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