Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of Shigella sonnei

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3574-3580

  Liang, Shiu Yun ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^b   Terajima, Jun ^b   Li, Chun Chin ^a   Liao, Jui Cheng ^a   Sheng, Kai Tung ^a   Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 36348991522     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00675-07     Document Type: Article

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