Bacteriophage typing of Shigella sonnei and its limitations in epidemiological investigation.
1955
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Description
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D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001434
Bacteriophage Typing
A technique of bacterial typing which differentiates between bacteria or strains of bacteria by their susceptibility to one or more bacteriophages.
Phage Typing,Typing, Bacteriophage,Typing, Phage
D001435
Bacteriophages
Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.
Phages,Bacteriophage,Phage
D012760
Shigella
A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that ferments sugar without gas production. Its organisms are intestinal pathogens of man and other primates and cause bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).