Molecular epidemiology: application of contemporary techniques to the typing of microorganisms.

Joel N. Maslow, Maury Ellis Mulligan, and Robert D. Arbeit From the Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; the Infectious Diseases Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and the Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California

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