| Literature DB >> 19765619 |
Amee R Manges1, Patricia A Tellis, Caroline Vincent, Kimberley Lifeso, Geneviève Geneau, Richard J Reid-Smith, Patrick Boerlin.
Abstract
Discriminatory genotyping methods for the analysis of Escherichia coli other than O157:H7 are necessary for public health-related activities. A new multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis protocol is presented; this method achieves an index of discrimination of 99.5% and is reproducible and valid when tested on a collection of 836 diverse E. coli.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19765619 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.09.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Microbiol Methods ISSN: 0167-7012 Impact factor: 2.363