Evaluating the use of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 as a routine public health tool in England

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Byrne, Lisa ^a   Elson, Richard ^a   Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Perry, Neil ^a   Ashton, Philip ^a   Wain, John ^b   Adak, Goutam K ^a   Grant, Kathie A ^a   Jenkins, Claire ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC LINKAGE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84898662179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085901     Document Type: Article

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