Conventional and molecular typing of Salmonella typhi strains from Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 315-319

  Quintaes, Bianca R ^a,b   Leal, Nilma C ^a   Reis, Eliane M F ^a   Fonseca, Érica L ^a   Hofer, Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction; Salmonella Typhi; Typing; Vi Phage typing

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 12244276758     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000600004     Document Type: Article

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