Use of the automated ribotyping for epidemiological investigations

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-190

  De Cesare, A ^a   Manfreda, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated ribotyping; Epidemiology; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040078078     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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