DNA fingerprinting of human isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from different geographical regions of Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-524

  Chua, K H ^a   See, K H ^a   Thong, K L ^b   Puthucheary, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650767358     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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