Extended sequence typing of Campylobacter spp., United Kingdom

Authors :: Alison J. Cody
Kate E. Dingle
Martin C. J. Maiden
Noel D. McCarthy
Tim E. A. Peto
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 10, Pp 1620-1622 (2008)
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: 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.

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