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Original Research Articles

Examining DNA fingerprinting as an epidemiology tool in the tuberculosis program in the Northwest Territories, Canada

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Article: 20067 | Received 11 Nov 2012, Accepted 17 Mar 2013, Published online: 08 May 2013

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