Genome fingerprinting of Salmonella typhi by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for subtyping common phage types

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 391-402

  Nair, S ^a   Poh, C L ^a   Lim, Y S ^b   Tay, L ^b   Goh, K T ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0028587745     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800068400     Document Type: Article

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