Multilocus sequence typing: The molecular marker of the Internet era;Multilocus sequence typing: El marcador molecular de la era de Internet

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-120

  Vázquez, Julio A ^a   Berrón, Sonsoles ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonal lineages; MLST; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; INTERNET; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 2342590814     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056892     Document Type: Review

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