Methods for genotyping verotoxin-producing escherichia coli

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 447-462

  Karama, M ^a,b   Gyles, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Genotyping methods; Shiga toxin; Subtyping; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649676643     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01259.x     Document Type: Review

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