Interpretation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns in foodborne disease investigations and surveillance

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-31

  Barrett, Timothy J ^a   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^a   Swaminathan, Bala ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 33645718151     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.20     Document Type: Article

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