Molecular subtyping of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in Hong Kong: Correlation with epidemiological events from 1994 to 2002

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4502-4511

  Kam, Kai Man ^a   Luey, Cindy Kit Yee ^a   Tsang, Yee Man ^a   Law, Choi Ping ^a   Chu, Man Yu ^a   Cheung, Tze Leung ^a   Chiu, Agatha Wai Huen ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN NOTI; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STANDARDIZATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HONG KONG; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0141889305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4502-4511.2003     Document Type: Article

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