Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2369-2376

  Octavia, Sophie ^a   Lan, Ruiting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 68549133210     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00223-09     Document Type: Article

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