Extended sequence typing of Campylobacter spp., United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1620-1622

  Dingle, Kate E ^a,b   McCarthy, Noel D ^b   Cody, Alison J ^b   Peto, Tim E A ^a,b   Maiden, Martin C J ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOOD POISONING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 54249098245     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.071109     Document Type: Article

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