Molecular Epidemiologic Typing Systems of Bacterial Pathogens: Current Issues and Perpectives
The epidemiologic typing of bacterial pathogens can be applied to answer a number of different questions: in case of outbreak, what is the extent and mode of transmission of epidemic clone(s )? In case of long-term surveillance, what is the prevalence over time and the geographic spread of epidemic...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1998-09-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000500004 |