Molecular epidemiology of Corynebacterium diphtheriae from northwestern Russia and surrounding countries studied by using ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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A selection of 100 Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates from asymptomatic carriers and clinical cases from five regions in northwestern Russia were examined. Six additional isolates from patients in Finland and Estonia with epidemiological links to Russia were also examined. All isolates were characterized by biotyping, toxigenicity testing, ribotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Hybridization...

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