Outbreak of typhoid fever in a non-endemic area: Comparison of three molecular typing methods

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-185

  Gruner, E ^a   Flepp, M ^a   Gabathuler, U ^b   Thong, K L ^c   Altwegg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Min Hlth of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Ribotyping; Salmonella typhi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0030945717     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00977-9     Document Type: Article

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