Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 10 , Pages 997-1002 , October 2008

Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sri Lanka

  • U.S. Rajapaksa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P.O. Box 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +94 112697513; fax: +94 112691581.
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  • T.C. Victor

      Affiliations

    • MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • A.J. Perera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P.O. Box 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
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  • R.M. Warren

      Affiliations

    • MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • S.M.P. Senevirathne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P.O. Box 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka

Received 1 January 2008 ,Revised 15 April 2008 ,Accepted 19 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.025

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 10 , Pages 997-1002 , October 2008

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