Extended Sequence Typing of Campylobacter spp., United Kingdom

Supplementing Campylobacter spp. multilocus sequence typing with nucleotide sequence typing of 3 antigen genes increased the discriminatory index achieved from 0.975 to 0.992 among 620 clinical isolates from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. This enhanced typing scheme enabled identification of clusters...

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Main Authors: Kate E. Dingle, Noel D. McCarthy, Alison J. Cody, Tim E.A. Peto, Martin C. J. Maiden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/10/07-1109_article