Molecular typing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from various countries in Asia by a multiplex PCR assay on variable-number tandem repeats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4388-4394

  Liu, Yichun ^a   Lee, May Ann ^a   Ooi, Eng Eong ^b   Mavis, Yeo ^b   Tan, Ai Ling ^b   Quek, Hung Hiang ^a,c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Defence Medical Research Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SINGAPORE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ASIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 0042921111     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4388-4394.2003     Document Type: Article

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