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Double-locus sequence typing using porA and peb1A for epidemiological studies of Campylobacter jejuni.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Mar 2014
Ahmed Monir U, Dunn Louise, Valcanis Mary, Hogg Geoff, Ivanova Elena P
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Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of foodborne bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Bacterial typing schemes play an important role in epidemiological investigations to trace the source and route of transmission of the infectious agent by identifying outbreak and differentiating among sporadic infections. In this study, a double-locus sequence typing (DLST) scheme for C. jejuni based on concatenated...
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