PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and serotyping of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from diarrheic patients in China and Japan

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 133-138

  Nishimura, Masataka ^a   Nukina, Masafumi ^b   Yuan, Jin Mei ^c   Shen, Bao Quan ^c   Ma, Jian Jim ^a   Ohta, Mitsuhiro ^a   Saida, Takahiko ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^d  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Public Health Research Institute of Kobe City   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Flagellin; Guillain Barre syndrome; Heat stable serotyping; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030246874     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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