Extended sequence typing of Campylobacter spp., United Kingdom.

Dingle KE., McCarthy ND., Cody AJ., Peto TEA., Maiden MCJ.

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 and retained data required for long-range epidemiologic comparisons of isolates.

DOI

10.3201/eid1410.071109

Type

Journal article

Journal

Emerg Infect Dis

Publication Date

10/2008

Volume

14

Pages

1620 - 1622

Keywords

Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Sequence, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, DNA, Bacterial, Foodborne Diseases, Genes, Bacterial, Humans, Molecular Epidemiology, United Kingdom

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