Comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and amplified fragment length polymorphism techniques for investigating outbreaks of enteritis due to campylobacters

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2263-2265

  Champion, Olivia L ^a   Best, Emma L ^a   Frost, Jennifer A ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 0036263125     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2263-2265.2002     Document Type: Article

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