Evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic restriction fragments in the discrimination of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-586

  Asplund, K ^a,b   Johansson, T ^b   Siitonen, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032422426     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001629     Document Type: Article

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