Use of automated ribotyping of Austrian Listeria monocytogenes isolates to support epidemiological typing

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Allerberger, Franz ^a   Fritschel, Scott J ^b  

^a Natl Listeria Reference Laboratory   (Austria)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Listeria monocytogenes; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0033000581     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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