title: Phage typing.
abstract: Phage typing is a rapid, economical, reliable, and reproducible technique, requiring no specialized equipment, for fingerprinting disease-causing agents for epidemiological investigation and surveillance.
authors.affiliation: George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (Eliava IBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chirakadze
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perets
authors.forename: Rafiq
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D001434:Bacteriophage Typing / Q000379:methods*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D015203:Reproducibility of Results