Molecular epidemiology of the five recent outbreaks of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Finland

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2003, Pages 309-312

  Hallanvuo, Saija ^a   Nuorti, Pekka ^a   Nakari, Ulla Maija ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; INTESTINE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FINLAND; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037792850     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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