Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of more than one clinical isolate of Campylobacter spp. from each of 49 patients in New Zealand

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-459

  Gilpin, Brent ^a   Robson, Beth ^a   Lin, Susan ^a   Scholes, Paula ^a   On, Stephen ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW ZEALAND;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 84862948416     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05928-11     Document Type: Article

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