Molecular subtyping of Clostridium perfringens by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to facilitate food-borne-disease outbreak investigations.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1999

Authors

S E Maslanka1, J G Kerr, G Williams, J M Barbaree, L A Carson, J M Miller, B Swaminathan

Author Affiliations

1: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. SHT5@CDC.GOV

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