Epidemic typhoid in Chile: Analysis by molecular and conventional methods of Salmonella typhi strain diversity in epidemic (1977 and 1981) and nonepidemic (1990) years

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1701-1707

  Fica, Alberto E ^a,b   Prat Miranda, Soledad ^c   Fernandez Ricci, Alda ^c   D'Ottone, Karin ^c   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029891062     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1701-1707.1996     Document Type: Article

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