Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes isolates of human and food origin studied by serotyping, automated ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 562-568

  Lukinmaa, S ^a   Aarnisalo, K ^b   Suihko, M L ^b   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Listeria monocytogenes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping; Serotyping; Typing

Indexed keywords

TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 3242680720     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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