A novel Campylobacter jejuni sequence type from a culture-negative patient in the Gambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Morris, Gerard A J ^a   Ikumapayi, Usman N ^a   Antonio, Martin ^a   Howie, Stephen R C ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GAMBIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 46349091012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001773     Document Type: Article

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