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Molecular typing of Shigella sonnei isolates circulating in Nanjing, China, 2007-2011.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 15 Dec 2014
Cheng Tingting, Shi Xiaochao, Yong Wei, Wang Jianping, Xie Guoxiang, Ding Jie
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INTRODUCTION: Shigellosis is a major public health concern worldwide. This study intended to assess the baseline genotyping data among local Shigella sonnei strains spanning over five years. METHODOLOGY: Fifty non-repeat clinical strains of S. sonnei isolated from stools of patients in different hospitals in Nanjing, China, were studied. Three subtyping tools, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi-locus...
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