Increasing genetic diversity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Papua New Guinea over the period from 1992 to 1999

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4156-4160

  Thong, Kwai Lin ^a   Goh, Yee Ling ^a   Yasin, Rohani M ^a   Lau, Ming Guek ^a   Passey, Megan ^a   Winston, Gibson ^a   Yoannes, Mition ^a   Pang, Tikki ^a   Reeder, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TYPHOID FEVER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0036840140     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4156-4160.2002     Document Type: Article

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