In 2000, Slagboom was appointed as professor of molecular epidemiology at the Leiden University Medical Center.

This area is often referred to as molecular epidemiology or forensic microbiology.

Development of microorganism's rapid typification methods for molecular epidemiology and the establishment of appropriate technology.

He has been credited with helping create the field of molecular epidemiology, which studies how genetic and environmental risk factors are related to the spread of disease in populations.

Temporal trends and molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 infection in Taiwan from 1988 to 1998.

Preliminary molecular epidemiology indicates that isolates related to the strain found in the nasal spray have been recovered from patients in multiple states.

The nation's health secretary, Alan Milburn, calls it a "flagship project on molecular epidemiology for the new century."

It is closely allied to both molecular epidemiology and statistical genetics, but these overlapping fields each have distinct emphases, societies and journals.

Hein's research in molecular epidemiology "helps identify people genetically susceptible to developing cancer from environmental and occupational chemicals, which allows for focus on treatment and prevention."

Human-to-human transmission has been suggested by molecular epidemiology and global clustering of PCP cases in recent studies (417--419).