Precise dissection of an escherichia coli o157:H7 outbreak by single nucleotide polymorphism analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3950-3954

  Turabelidze, George ^a   Lawrence, Steven J ^b   Gao, Hongyu ^b   Sodergren, Erica ^b   Weinstock, George M ^b   Abubucker, Sahar ^b   Wylie, Todd ^b   Mitreva, Makedonka ^b   Shaikh, Nurmohammad ^b   Gautom, Romesh ^c   Tarr, Phillip I ^b  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTUCE; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889793277     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01930-13     Document Type: Article

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