Molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in rural Africa.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on August 01, 1997

Authors

D Wilkinson1, M Pillay, J Crump, C Lombard, G R Davies, A W Sturm

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Epidemiological Research in South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Hlabisa, South Africa.

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