Locus-specific mutational events in a multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 374-377

  Noller, Anna C ^a   McEllistrem, M Catherine ^a   Shutt, Kathleen A ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

EID: 32344431581     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.374-377.2006     Document Type: Article

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