Molecular characterization of Coxiella burnetii isolates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Jager C ^a   Willems, H ^a   Thiele, D ^a   Baljer, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; EUROPE; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; Q FEVER; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031945706     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897008510     Document Type: Article

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