Molecular epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni identifies a dominant clonal line within Scottish serotype HS55 populations

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-375

  Harrington, C S ^a,c   Thomson Carter, F M ^b   Carter, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Campylobacter Ref Lab   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLONE; ENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FLAGELLIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCOTLAND; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032789124     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002502     Document Type: Article

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