Molecular characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates, Russia, 1957-1987

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 516-518

  Skogen, Vegard ^a   Cherkasova, Valentina V ^b   Maksimova, Nina ^c   Marston, Chung K ^d   Sjursen, Haakon ^e   Reeves, Michael W ^a   Olsvik, Orjan ^e   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GN Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036093446     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0805.010276     Document Type: Article

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