Genetic characterization of Campylobacter jejuni O:41 isolates in relation with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 874-876

  Wassenaar, Trudy M ^a,b,c,d   Fry, Benjamin N ^b   Lastovica, Albert J ^a   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^c   Coloe, Peter J ^b   Duim, Birgitta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0033951015     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.874-876.2000     Document Type: Article

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