Epidemiologic analysis of sporadic Salmonella typhi isolates and those from outbreaks by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to compare and analyze 158 isolates of Salmonella typhi from five well-defined outbreaks of typhoid fever in Malaysia and also isolates involved in sporadic cases of typhoid fever occurring during the same period. Digestion of chromosomal DNAs from th...

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Main Authors: Thong, Kwai Lin, Cheong, Y.M., Puthucheary, S., Koh, C.L., Pang, T.
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1994
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