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  • Title: [Molecuar epidemiology of tuberculosis].
    Author: Hyncicová I.
    Journal: Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol; 1998 Apr; 47(2):68-71. PubMed ID: 9611895.
    Abstract:
    Tuberculosis is a serious disease, killing many people every year. After decades of progressive decrease this disease, boosted by the appearance of HIV, reemerges showing a marked upward tendency and most afflicting populations in developing countries. At present, many researchers have been involved in molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis using DNA fingerprinting to determine restriction profiles of different strains. This method has also proved useful in detecting outbreaks of the disease in populations. That is very important for determining primary infection sources and their subsequent elimination from the environment to prevent recurrent infections.
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