Comparison of PFGE, ribotyping and phage-typing in the epidemiological analysis of Campylobacter jejuni serotype HS2 infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 215-225

  Gibson, J R ^a   Fitzgerald, C ^a   Owen, R J ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; THERMOSTABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WALES;

EID: 0028784770     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800058349     Document Type: Article

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