Phylogenetic Analysis of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, Germany, 1987–2008

Autor: Christian Jenke, Dag Harmsen, Thomas Weniger, Jörg Rothgänger, Eija Hyytiä-Trees, Martina Bielaszewska, Helge Karch, Alexander Mellmann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 610-616 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.091361
Popis: Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is a subtyping technique for characterizing human pathogenic bacteria such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157. We determined the phylogeny of 202 epidemiologically unrelated EHEC O157:H7/H– clinical isolates through 8 MLVA loci obtained in Germany during 1987–2008. Biodiversity in the loci ranged from 0.66 to 0.90. Four of 8 loci showed null alleles and a frequency
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