Novel macroarray-based method of Corynebacterium diphtheriae genotyping: Evaluation in a field study in Belarus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 701-703

  Mokrousov, I ^a   Vyazovaya, A ^a   Kolodkina, V ^b   Limeschenko, E ^a   Titov, L ^b   Narvskaya, O ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Research Institute for Epidemiology & Microbiology RIEM   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELARUS; BIOTYPE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIELD STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SPOLIGOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BYELARUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 67349134525     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0674-4     Document Type: Article

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