Molecular analysis of isolates of Salmonella typhi obtained from patients with fatal and nonfatal typhoid fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1029-1033

  Thong, Kwai Lin ^a   Passey, Megan ^b   Clegg, Alison ^b   Combs, Barry G ^b   Yassin, Rohani M ^c   Pang, Tikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029878027     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1029-1033.1996     Document Type: Article

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