Evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis performed at selected prefectural institutes of public health for use in PulseNet Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Matsumoto, Masakado ⁱ   Suzuki, Yasumoto ⁱ   Nagano, Hideki ^a   Yatsuyanagi, Jun ^b   Kurosawa, Hajime ^c   Kobayashi, Kazuhiro ^d   Yamaoka, Koji ^e   Horikawa, Kazumi ^f   Kudaka, Jun ^g   Terajima, Jun ^h   Watanabe, Haruo ^h   Miyazaki, Yutaka ⁱ  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Hiroshima City Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g Okinawa Prefecture Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

ⁱ AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STANDARDIZATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STANDARD;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 23844484273     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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