Development of a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for the epidemiological analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5205-5213

  Shima, Kensuke ^a   Terajima, Jun ^b   Sato, Toshio ^c   Nishimura, Kazuhiko ^a   Tamura, Kazumichi ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^b   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHIGA TOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8644268793     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5205-5213.2004     Document Type: Article

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