Molecular Epidemiology: Application of Contemporary Techniques to the Typing of Microorganisms

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 153-162

  Mulligan, Maury Ellis ^a,b,c   Maslow, Joel N ^a,b,c   Arbeit, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027213719     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.2.153     Document Type: Article

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