Application of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis to monitor Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 phage type 8 in England and Wales: Emergence of a profile associated with a national outbreak

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1052-1058

  Perry, N ^a   Cheasty, T ^a   Dallman, T ^a   Launders, N ^a   Willshaw, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; Genotyping; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

E. COLI; ENGLAND AND WALES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHAGE TYPES; REPEAT ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VEGETABLE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENTEROHAEMORRHAGIC E. COLI; GENOTYPING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

COLIPHAGES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; WALES;

EID: 84884976663     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12303     Document Type: Article

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