Typing methods used in the molecular epidemiology of microbial pathogens: A how-to guide

New Microbiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Ranjbar, Reza ^a   Karami, Ali ^a   Farshad, Shohreh ^b   Giammanco, Giovanni M ^c   Mammina, Caterina ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; DNA based typing; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84897114945     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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