title: Identification of Campylobacter jejuni multilocus sequence type ST-21 clonal complex by single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis.
abstract: Conserved single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which characterize the allelic profile of the major epidemiological lineage ST-21 were identified from the alleles within the current Campylobacter jejuni multilocus sequence typing (MLST) database. Allelic discrimination assays were designed for the detection of SNPs, enabling rapid strain profiling for clonal complex ST-21. This method is suitable for epidemiological investigations and is complementary to full MLST.
authors.affiliation: Campylobacter Reference Unit, Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Ave., London NW9 5HT, United Kingdom. emma.best@hpa.org.uk
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bolton
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA