Multilocus Sequence Typing for Comparison of Veterinary and Human Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6370-6379

  Manning, Georgina ^a   Dowson, Christopher G ^b   Bagnall, Mary C ^a   Ahmed, If H ^a   West, Malcolm ^c   Newell, Diane G ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PATHOLOGY;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POULTRY; RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; HUMANS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES; PROKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242573484     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6370-6379.2003     Document Type: Article

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