Molecular typing of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates in Japan by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1675-1680

  Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Terajima, Jun ^a   Wada, Akihito ^a   Inagaki, Yoshishige ^a   Itoh, Ken Ichiro ^a   Tamura, Kazumichi ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030993170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1675-1680.1997     Document Type: Article

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