Multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from humans, chickens, raw milk, and environmental water in Quebec, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3404-3411

  Lévesque, Simon ^a   Frost, Eric ^a   Arbeit, Robert D ^b   Michaud, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUEBEC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 53649092643     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00042-08     Document Type: Article

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