Molecular epidemiology in the public health and hospital environments

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 885-901

  Fey, Paul D ^a,c   Rupp, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346251092     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-2712(03)00100-8     Document Type: Review

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