Identifying and subtyping species of dangerous pathogens by automated ribotyping

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 313-320

  Grif, Katharina ^a   Dierich, Manfred P ^a   Much, Peter ^b   Hofer, Erwin ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^a,b  

^a Institute for Hygiene and Social Medicine   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated ribotyping; Dangerous pathogens

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRUCELLA; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIBOTYPING; SCREENING TEST; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0041827161     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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