Ribotyping of Salmonella Enteritidis strains reveals the spread of a single genotype in the Brazilian city of Ribeirão Preto

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-23

  Gomes Martins, Carlos Henrique ^a   Dos Santos, Vanda Roseli ^b   De Castro, Fabíola Attié ^b   Fernandes, Sueli Aparecida ^c   Martinez, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Clínica Médica of FMRP USP

Author keywords

Ribotyping; Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746009100     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-24442006000100005     Document Type: Article

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