Relationship of pulsed-field profiles with key phage types of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in Europe: Results of an international multi-centre study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1274-1281

  Peters, Tansy M ^a   Berghold, C ^b   Brown, D ^c   Coia, J ^c   Dionisi, A M ^d   Echeita, A ^e   Fisher, I S T ^a   Gatto, A J ^a   Gill, N ^a   Green, J ^a   Gerner smidt, P ^f   Heck, M ^g   Lederer, I ^b   Lukinmaa, S ^h   Luzzi, I ^d   Maguire, C ^a   Prager, R ⁱ   Usera, M ^e   Siitonen, A ^h   Threlfall, E J ^a   Torpdahl, M ^f   Tschape H ⁱ   Wannet, W ^g   van der Zwaluw, W K ^g   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Bakteriologisch serologische Untersuchungsanstalt   (Austria)

^c Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 38449114429     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008102     Document Type: Article

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