DNA fingerprinting of shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli O157 based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis (MLVA)

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a   Heir, Even ^a   Gjernes, Elisabeth ^a   Vardund, Traute ^a   Kapperud, Georg ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

AFLP; Capillary electrophoresis; Escherichia coli; PFGE; STEC; VNTR fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 3042565250     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-2-12     Document Type: Article

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