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Escherichia Coli Epidemiology
Studies from F. Kawamori and co-researchers yield new data on Escherichia coli epidemiology
March 11th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Molecular typing of Japanese Escherichia coli O157 : H7 isolates from clinical specimens by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and PFGE.' "The multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) method to target eight variable-number tandem repeat loci, based on agarose gel electrophoresis separation of multiplexed PCR products, and the PFGE method were applied to clinical isolates of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 with the aim of comparing their performance as methods of typing this bacterium. Using MLVA, a total of 57 isolates from patients in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, were divided into 20 types and classified into 23...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-11)
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