Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a rural hotel in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

International Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Alcoba Flórez, Julia ^a   Pérez Roth, Eduardo ^a,c   González Linares, Sandra ^a   Méndez Álvarez, Sebastián ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Outbreaks; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 24944461836     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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