Open AccessCaracterización molecular de aislamientos de Shigella sonnei recuperados en el Programa de Vigilancia por el Laboratorio de la Enfermedad Diarreica Aguda en Colombia
Author(s) -
Nórida Vélez,
P. Díaz,
Catering Rodríguez,
Adriana Bautista,
Lucy Angeline Montaño,
María Elena Realpe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.v35i3.2622
Subject(s) - shigella sonnei , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , outbreak , biology , restriction enzyme , gel electrophoresis , genotype , serotype , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , shigella , genetics , dna , salmonella , gene , bacteria
In Colombia, Shigella sonnei is one of the most frequently isolated serotypes (53.4%) in human clinical samples associated with diarrheal acute disease. The identification of DNA restriction patterns by pulsed field gel electrophoresis is the basis for the molecular surveillance of S. sonnei .