Molecular tools for epidemiologic study of infectious diseases

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 667-675

  Lipuma, John J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing systems; Genotyping; Infection control; Molecular epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031842106     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199808000-00002     Document Type: Review

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