Genetic differentiation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 clades associated with human disease by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2070-2073

  Riordan, James T ^a   Viswanath, Sandeep B ^a   Manning, Shannon D ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLADISTICS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 45149116223     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00203-08     Document Type: Article

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