Utility of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a molecular tool for phylogenetic analysis of Shigella sonnei

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1149-1154

  Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,b   Watanabe, Haruo ^c   Wang, You Wun ^a   Wang, Wan Ling ^a   Terajima, Jun ^c   Thong, Kwai Lin ^d   Phung, Dac Cam ^e   Tung, Sheng Kai ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; INDIA; INDONESIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TAIWAN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIET NAM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 65249083917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01607-08     Document Type: Article

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