REP-PCR tracking of the origin and spread of airborne Staphylococcus aureus in and around chicken house

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-516

  Zhong, Z ^a   Chai, T ^a   Duan, H ^a   Miao, Z ^a   Li, X ^a   Yao, M ^a   Yuan, W ^a   Wang, W ^a   Li, Q ^a   Zucker, B A ^b   Schlenker, G ^b  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne Staphylococcus aureus; Chicken house; Epidemiological significance; PCR amplified repetitive extragenic palindromic; Similarity identification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA;

AIRBORNE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHICKEN HOUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; MICROBIAL AEROSOLS; PALINDROMIC; PCR-AMPLIFIED REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC; REP-PCR; S. AUREUS; SIMILARITY IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HOUSES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70450203418     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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