Genetic typing of human and food isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from episodes of listeriosis

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-210

  Franciosa, Giovanna ^a   Pourshaban, Manoochehr ^a   Gianfranceschi, Monica ^a   Aureli, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHEESE; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031908899     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007448210169     Document Type: Article

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