Putative origin of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Western and Eastern countries. A comparison of restriction endonuclease analysis of virulence plasmids

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Fukushima, Hiroshi ^a,b,c,d,e   Gomyoda, Manabu ^a,b,d,e   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a,b,e   Takashima, Ikuo ^a,b   Shubin, Felix Nikolaevich ^a   Isachikova, Larisa M ^b,c,d,e   Paik, In Ki ^a,e   Zheng, Xue Bin ^a,d,e  

^a Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENDONUCLEASE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE;

YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032127545     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80105-9     Document Type: Article

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19. Corresponding author: Hiroshi Fukushima, DVM, PhD. Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture, 582-1 Nishihamasada, Matsue, Shimane 690-01 Japan. Tel.: 085236-8188, Fax: 0852-36-6683