MLVA as a tool for public health surveillance of human Salmonella Typhimurium: Prospective study in Belgium and evaluation of MLVA loci stability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wuyts, Véronique ^a,b   Mattheus, Wesley ^b   De Laminne De Bex, Guillaume ^b   Wildemauwe, Christa ^b   Roosens, Nancy H C ^b   Marchal, Kathleen ^a,c   De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C J ^b   Bertrand, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84892513546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084055     Document Type: Article

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