Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:3 by a PCR method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1224-1227

  Weynants, Vincent ^a   Jadot, Valerie ^a   Denoel, Philippe A ^a   Tibor, Anne ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIARRHEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029991472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1224-1227.1996     Document Type: Article

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