Phage typing and DNA-based comparison of strains of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 from apparently sporadic infections in Osaka City, Japan, 1996

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 140-143

  Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^a,d   Hase, Atsushi ^a   Ogasawara, Jun ^a   Cheasty, Tom ^b   Willshaw, Geraldine A ^b   Smith, Henry R ^b   Tatsumi, Yohichi ^c   Yasukawa, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Disease Prevention Department   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REGIONALIZATION; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; JAPAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035195275     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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