Optimal settings of fingerprint-type analysing computer software for the analysis of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1004-1014

  Yokoyama, E ^a   Uchimura, M ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CALIBRATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33748369139     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006145     Document Type: Article

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