Use of plasmid profile typing for surveillance of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 4 from humans, poultry and eggs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 25-31

  Threlfall, E J ^a   Hampton, M D ^a   Chart, H ^a   Rowe, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EGG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POULTRY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; ENGLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEAT; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; WALES;

EID: 0028140555     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800057381     Document Type: Article

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