Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as an epidemiologic tool in the investigation of laboratory acquired Salmonella Typhi infection

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-84

  Koay, A S ^a   Jegathesan, M ^a   Rohani, M Y ^a   Cheong, Y M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LABORATORY INFECTION; MALAYSIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0031088340     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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