Salmonellosis in the Republic of Georgia: Using molecular typing to identify the outbreak-causing strain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-73

  Sulakvelidze, Alexander ^a   Kekelidze, Merab ^b   Turabelidze, Durmishkhan ^a   Tsanava, Shota ^b   Tevsadze, Lia ^b   Devdariani, Lamara ^b   Gautom, Romesh ^c   Myers, Robert ^d   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a   Imnadze, Paata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^c Public Health   (United States)

^d Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033994769     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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