Pulsed-field electrophoretic fingerprinting of Salmonella indiana and its epidemiological applicability

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-107

  Punia, P ^a   Hampton, M D ^a   Ridley, A M ^a   Ward, L R ^a   Rowe, B ^a   Threlfall, E J ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION; ELECTROPHORETIC FINGERPRINTING; ENGLAND AND WALES; INDIANA; INTERPRETATION CRITERIA; PULSED FIELDS; SEROTYPES; SUBTYPINGS;

SALMONELLA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INDIANA;

EID: 0031891580     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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