Comparison of multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in molecular subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovars Paratyphi A

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Tien, Yung Yen ^a   Wang, You Wun ^b   Tung, Sheng Kai ^b   Liang, Shiu Yun ^b   Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649931452     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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