Identification and characterization of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica isolates by PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3674-3681

  Thisted Lambertz, S ^a   Danielsson Tham, M L ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; MEATS; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRUSES;

CONTAMINATED RAW PORK; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE); READY-TO-EAT PRODUCTS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA;

IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SWEDEN; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 22144448253     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3674-3681.2005     Document Type: Article

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