A simple approach to obtain comparable Shigella sonnei MLVA results across laboratories

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 678-684

  Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,f   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^b   Thong, Kwai Lin ^c   Larsson, Jonas T ^d   Liang, Shiu Yun ^a   Kim, Junyoung ^e   Koh, Xiu Pei ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^f CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance network; Foodborne diseases; Molecular typing; Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA); Outbreak investigation; Shigella sonnei

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA SONNEI; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS (MLVA); OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 84887613328     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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