Subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium outbreak strains isolated from humans and animals in Iceland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4833-4835

  Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun ^a   Hardardottir, Hjordis ^b   Gunnarsson, Eggert ^c  

^a Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CATS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; ICELAND; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

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

EID: 0141923756     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4833-4835.2003     Document Type: Article

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