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Application of molecular genetic methods in diagnostics and epidemiology of food-borne bacterial pathogens.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2000
Lukinmaa Susanna, Nakari Ulla-Maija, Eklund Marjut, Siitonen Anja
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter and Yersinia species, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium perfringens are the bacterial pathogens constituting the greatest burden of food-borne disease in Finland. Several molecular genetic methods have been applied to diagnose, discriminate and survey these bacteria. PCR, PCR-RFLP and PFGE are the most widely and successfully...
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