Comparative genetic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from human and animal listeriosis cases

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1095-1104

  Jeffers, Gregory T ^a   Bruce, James L ^b   McDonough, Patrick L ^a   Scarlett, Janet ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lineages; Pathogenic potential; Ribotyping; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ACTA; PROTEIN HLY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CATTLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT; HORSE; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035011656     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1095     Document Type: Article

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