Genotyping of Clostridium perfringens isolates collected from food poisoning outbreaks and healthy individuals in Japan based on the cpe locus.

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Daisuke Tanaka*, Keiko Kimata, Miwako Shimizu, Junko Isobe, Masanori Watahiki, Tadahiro Karasawa, Takayoshi Yamagishi, Sanae Kuramoto, Toshihiko Serikawa, Fubito Ishiguro, Makiko Yamada, Kazukiyo Yamaoka, Mitsuo Tokoro, Toshio Fukao, Masakado Matsumoto, Reiji Hiramatsu, Chie Monma and Yoshiyuki Nagai Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama 939-0363; Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Ishikawa 920-0942; Ishikawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Ishikawa 920-1154; Fukui Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Fukui 910-8551; Gifu Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Gifu 504-0838; Gifu Municipal Institute of Public Health, Gifu 500-8881; Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Aichi 462-8576; and Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan