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[PulseNet Japan--network system for the utilization of epidemiological information and the results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jun 2002
Terajima Jun, Izumiya Hidemasa, Tamura Kazumitsu, Watanabe Haruo
Abstract excerpt
Since 1996, we have been analyzing DNA pattern of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli(EHEC) O157: H7 isolates in Japan by the use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The method, capable of discriminating genotypical difference of the isolates, enabled us to find the contaminated food such as salmon roe which was the causative agent for the multiprefectual outbreaks in Japan. These outbreaks which we are referring...
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