Genomic fingerprinting of shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains: Comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and fluorescent amplified-fragment-length polymorphism (FAFLP)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 537-548

  Heir, E ^a   Lindstedt, B A ^a   Vardund, T ^a   Wasteson, Y ^b   Kapperud, G ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ACCURACY; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHIGA TOXIN;

EID: 0034486912     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800004908     Document Type: Article

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