Evaluation of a PCR based approach to study the relatedness among Shigella sonnei strains

Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Ranjbar, Reza ^a   Sadeghifard, Nourkhoda ^b   Dallal, Mohammad Mahdi Soltan ^c   Farshad, Shohreh ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; AP PCR; Molecular epidemiology; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 77953406728     PISSN: 17355109     EISSN: 20081081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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