Molecular subtyping and the transformation of public health

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-8

  Tauxe, Robert V ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33645723733     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.4     Document Type: Review

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