Serotyping, ribotyping, PCR-mediated ribosomal 16S-23S spacer analysis and arbitrarily primed PCR for epidemiological studies on Legionella pneumophila

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-413

  Van Belkum, A ^a   Maas, H ^b   Verbrugh, H ^a   Van Leeuwen, N ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Epidemiology; Legionella pneumophila; PCR; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0029950779     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)84715-2     Document Type: Article

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