Salmonella tel-el-kebir and terrapins

Journal of Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 182-184

  Lynch, M ^a   Daly, M ^b   O'Brien, B ^a   Morrison, F ^a   Cryan, B ^a   Fanning, S ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0032979939     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90248-7     Document Type: Article

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