Clonal complexes of Campylobacter jejuni identified by multilocus sequence typing are reliably predicted by restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of the flaA gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Djordjevic, Steven P ^a   Unicomb, Leanne E ^b,c   Adamson, Penelope J ^d,g   Mickan, Lance ^e   Rios, Rosa ^f   Adamson, Penny ^d   Cheung, Kellie ^h   Combs, Barry ⁱ   Dalton, Craig ^j   Doyle, Robyn ^e   Ferguson, John ^k   Gilbert, Lyn ^h   Givney, Rod ⁱ   Gordon, David ^d   Gregory, Joy ^l   Hogg, Geoff ^m   Inglis, Tim ⁿ   Jelfs, Peter ^h   Kirk, Martyn ^b   Lalor, Karin ^l   Lanser, Jan ^h   O'Reilly, Lyn ⁿ   Sarna, Minda ^o   Sharma, Hemant ^k   Smith, Helen ^p   Valcanis, Mary ^m   more..

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b OzFoodNet   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f Microbiological Diagnostic Unit   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^j HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^k HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^l University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁿ Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^o DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^p QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAA GENE; GENE LOCUS; GOLD STANDARD; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33846187599     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01012-06     Document Type: Article

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