Genotype analysis of human blood isolates of Campylobacter jejuni in England and Wales.

doi:10.1017/s0950268896007388

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Genotype analysis of human blood isolates of Campylobacter jejuni in England and Wales.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 1997

Jackson C J, Fox A J, Wareing D R, Sutcliffe E M, Jones D M

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Genomic profiles were obtained for 76 strains of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from bacteraemic patients in England and Wales over the period 1981-94. Genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis using a random cloned DNA probe, and by ribotyping with a PCR...

Topics

Bacteremia
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Campylobacter Infections
Campylobacter jejuni
Chromosome Mapping
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial
England
Feces
Genotype
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Wales

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