Genotypic analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and development of a pandemic group-specific multiplex PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4676-4682

  Okura, Masatoshi ^a   Osawa, Ro ^a   Iguchi, Atsushi ^a   Arakawa, Eiji ^b   Terajima, Jun ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TDH GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0141958262     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4676-4682.2003     Document Type: Article

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