Spatial heterogeneity of Escherichia coli DNA fingerprints isolated from cellulitis lesions in chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 756-762

  Singer, Randall S ^a,c   Jeffrey, Joan S ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Cooke, Cara L ^a   Chin, Richard P ^b   Atwill, E Rob ^a   Hirsh, Dwight C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Escherichia coli; Genetic relatedness; Molecular epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033208705     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592744     Document Type: Article

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