Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the most important food-borne pathogens in Taiwan, Japan, and other costal regions. We report on the development of a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method for the molecular typing of this pathogen. Genomic DNA was digested with SfiI, and the fragments were resolved on 1% agarose with a contour-clamped homogeneous electric field apparatus set at 190 V ...

Höök, H. 2005. Campylobacter epidemiology – insights from subtyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Doctoral thesis. ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 91-576-6988-0 Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are frequent worldwide causes of food-borne gastroenteritis. Poultry is regarded as the most important infection source. In temperate countries, a marked seasonal variation of human campylobacteri...