Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in New Zealand using multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 464-471

  Dyet, K H ^a   Robertson, I ^a   Turbitt, E ^a   Carter, P E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing; epidemiology; Escherichia coli (E. coli); molecular biology; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE LOCUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EVALUATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79952460744     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001068     Document Type: Article

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