Ribotyping and DNA macrorestriction analysis of isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from cases of melioidosis in Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-360

  Vadivelu, Jamuna ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^a   Mifsud, A ^b   Drasar, B S ^c   Dance, D A B ^d   Pitt, T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Genotypes; Malaysia; Melioidosis; Ribotypes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; SEPTICEMIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 0031008696     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90107-3     Document Type: Article

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