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Tracing the sources of human salmonellosis: a multi-model comparison of phenotyping and genotyping methods.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Mughini-Gras Lapo, Smid Joost, Enserink Remko, Franz Eelco, Schouls Leo, Heck Max, van Pelt Wilfrid
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella source attribution is usually performed using frequency-matched models, such as the (modified) Dutch and Hald models, based on phenotyping data, i.e. serotyping, phage typing, and antimicrobial resistance profiling. However, for practical and economic reasons, genotyping methods such as Multi-locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis (MLVA) are gradually replacing traditional phenotyping of...
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