title: New modified method of multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho, Nara, Japan. t.sakai@ihe.pref.nara.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Hisako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohmae
authors.forename: Yoshiteru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitahori
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*