Temporal and geographical distribution and overlap of Penner heat-stable serotypes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis genotypes of Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected from humans and chickens in Finland during a seasonal peak

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4870-4872

  Karenlampi R ^a   Rautelin, H ^b   Hakkinen, M ^c   Hanninen M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASON; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FINLAND; HUMANS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS; SEROTYPING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 10744229601     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4870-4872.2003     Document Type: Article

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