Molecular epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica infections

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-329

  Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,c   Stolle, Andreas ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Origin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Molecular typing; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP H ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; O ANTIGEN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD DONOR; CAT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RODENT; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SHORT SURVEY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONSIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; SEROTYPING; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745852298     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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