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Molecular characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates dispersed across Japan by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2008
Pei Yingxin, Terajima Jun, Saito Yasunori, Suzuki Reiko, Takai Nobuko, Izumiya Hidemasa, Morita-Ishihara Tomoko, Ohnishi Makoto, Miura Masashi, Iyoda Sunao, Mitobe Jiro, Wang Binyou, Watanabe Haruo
Abstract excerpt
We identified seven distinct subtypes of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 isolates that were derived from sporadic cases and outbreaks from multiple prefectures in Japan in 2005. A surveillance system utilizing pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), PulseNet Japan, was used. Some strains showed indistinguishable PFGE patterns using another restriction enzyme (BlnI or SpeI) in each subtype of...
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