Applicability of Diversilab repetitive sequence-based PCR method in epidemiological typing of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 632-638

  Lukinmaa Åberg, Susanna ^a   Horsma, Jenni ^b   Pasanen, Tanja ^b   Mero, Sointu ^b   Aulu, Laura ^a   Vaara, Martti ^b   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Antikainen, Jenni ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879556458     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1411     Document Type: Article

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