Effectiveness of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the early detection of diffuse outbreaks due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Japan

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Terajima, Jun ^a   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Iyoda, Sunao ^a   Mitobe, Jiro ^a   Miura, Masashi ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; JAPAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; SHIGA TOXINS; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

EID: 33645706066     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.68     Document Type: Article

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