Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis scheme for Chlamydia felis genotyping: Comparison with multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1860-1866

  Laroucau, Karine ^a   Di Francesco, Antonietta ^b   Vorimore, Fabien ^a   Thierry, Simon ^a   Pingret, Jean Luc ^c   Bertin, Claire ^a   Willems, Hermann ^d   Bölske, Goran ^e   Harley, Ross ^f  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Scanelis ^*  (France)

^d Clinic for Swine   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA FELIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHLAMYDIA; FELIS;

EID: 84862100812     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00417-12     Document Type: Article

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