[Usefulness of genotypic analysis for investigation of an epidemic of Shigella sonnei infections in Ooami-shirasato Town, Chiba Prefecture].

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.72.615

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[Usefulness of genotypic analysis for investigation of an epidemic of Shigella sonnei infections in Ooami-shirasato Town, Chiba Prefecture].

Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 1998

Uchimura M, Koiwai K, Yoda K, Kishida K, Tsuruoka Y, Mizuguchi Y

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In March 1996, an epidemic of Shigella sonnei infection occurred in Ooamishira-sato Town, Chiba Prefecture. Colicine typing, antibiotic resistance patterns, plasmid profiles, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and random amplified poly-morphic DNA (RAPD) were used for the investigation of th...

Topics

Dysentery, Bacillary
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Shigella sonnei

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