Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 271-275 , May 2000

RFLP patterns and risk factors for recent tuberculosis transmission among hospitalized tuberculosis patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • F.C.O. Fandinho

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Tecnologia Recombinante, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • A.L. Kritski

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • C. Hofer

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • H. Conde Jr

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Estadual de Doenças do Tórax Art Parreiras, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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  • R.M.C. Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • M.H.F. Saad

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • M.G. Silva

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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  • L.W. Riley

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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  • L.S. Fonseca

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr Leila S. Fonseca, Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21.941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; fax +55 21 5608344.
    • Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Received 25 August 1999 ,Revised 13 January 2000 ,Accepted 14 January 2000.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 271-275 , May 2000

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