Evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in epidemiological investigations of meningococcal disease outbreaks caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-85

  Popovic, T ^a   Schmink, S ^a   Rosenstein, N A ^a   Ajello, G W ^a   Reeves, M W ^a   Plikaytis, B ^a   Hunter, S B ^a   Ribot, E M ^a   Boxrud, D ^a   Tondella, M L ^a   Kim, C ^a   Noble, C ^a   Mothershed, E ^a   Besser, J ^a   Perkins, B A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEW MEXICO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TEXAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP C;

EID: 0035171553     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.75-85.2001     Document Type: Article

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