Molecular follow-up of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona infection in cattle and humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3648-3653

  Lindqvist, Nanna ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Pelkonen, Sinikka ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR AGONA;

EID: 0036790137     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3648-3653.2002     Document Type: Article

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