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. 1996 Nov;34(11):2831–2834. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2831-2834.1996

Molecular typing of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi.

F Navarro 1, T Llovet 1, M A Echeita 1, P Coll 1, A Aladueña 1, M A Usera 1, G Prats 1
PMCID: PMC229414  PMID: 8897193

Abstract

The efficiencies of different tests for epidemiological markers--phage typing, ribotyping, IS200 typing, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)--were evaluated for strains from sporadic cases of typhoid fever and a well-defined outbreak. Ribotyping and PFGE proved to be the most discriminating. Both detected two different patterns among outbreak-associated strains.

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