Genetic relationships among strains of Salmonella enteritidis in a national epidemic in Switzerland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 213-220

  Stanley, J ^a   Chowdry, N ^a   Goldsworthy, M ^a   Burnens, A P ^b   Threlfall, E J ^c  

^a NCTC Plasmid and Molecular Genetics Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; EPIDEMIC; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMAN; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0026639289     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800049694     Document Type: Article

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