Phenon cluster analysis as a method to investigate epidemiological relatedness between sources of Campylobacter jejuni

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Wieland, B ^a   Wittwer, M ^b   Regula, G ^a   Wassenaar, T M ^c   Burnens, A P ^d   Keller, J ^b   Stark K D C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Molec Microbiol/Genom Consultants   (Germany)

^d MCL Medical Laboratories   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Campylobacter jejuni; Molecular epidemiology; Source identification; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BACTERIA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; AREA-PROPORTIONAL; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLASSIFIEDS; CLUSTER-GROUPING; HOST-SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOURCES IDENTIFICATIONS; ZOONOSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST RANGE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33645123419     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02788.x     Document Type: Article

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