Genotypic characterization of Salmonella typhi by amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting provides increased discrimination as compared to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-43

  Nair, Satheesh ^a   Schreiber, Edgar ^b   Thong, Kwai Lin ^c   Pang, Tikki ^d   Altwegg, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFLP fingerprinting; Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TECHNIQUE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0034129439     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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