Molecular epidemiology of Salmonella spp. isolates from gulls, fish meal factories, feed factories, animals and humans in Norway based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Nesse, Live L ^a   Refsum, T ^a   Heir, E ^b   Nordby, K ^a   Vardund, T ^b   Holstad, G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POULTRY FARMING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; NORWAY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 14044261125     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003279     Document Type: Article

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