Electropherotyping of plasmid DNA of different serotypes of Shigella flexneri isolated in Bangladesh

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 421-428

  Haider, K ^a   Huq, M I ^a   Talukder, K A ^a   Ahmad, Q S ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; ELECTROPHEROTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024352281     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800030132     Document Type: Article

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