Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for discriminating within Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive types and investigation of outbreaks

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1050-1059

  Dyet, K H ^a   Turbitt, E ^a   Carter, P E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; infectious disease control; outbreaks; Salmonella Typhimurium; Salmonella typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 79959334511     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002025     Document Type: Article

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