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ABBREVIATIONS<br />

AFLP amplified fragment length polymorphism<br />

AP-PCR arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction<br />

bp base pair<br />

CHEF clamped homogeneous electric field<br />

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid<br />

DT definitive type<br />

ΔTm differences between melting temperature (midpoint in denaturation <strong>of</strong> DNA)<br />

EDTA ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid<br />

EELA National Veterinary and Food Research Institute<br />

EFSA European Food Safety Authority<br />

ERIC-PCR Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction<br />

ET electrotype<br />

<strong>Evira</strong> Finnish Food Safety Authority<br />

FAFLP fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism<br />

FSCP Finnish Salmonella control programme<br />

F-value coefficient <strong>of</strong> similarity-value<br />

G+C guanine + cytosine<br />

H antigen flagellar antigen<br />

IS insertion sequence<br />

kb kilobase<br />

M molar (mol/litre)<br />

MAPLT multiple amplification <strong>of</strong> phage locus typing<br />

MDa megadalton<br />

MLEE multilocus enzyme electrophoresis<br />

MLST multilocus sequence typing<br />

MLVA multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis<br />

O antigen somatic antigen<br />

PCR polymerase chain reaction<br />

pf pulsed-field<br />

PFGE pulsed-field gel electrophoresis<br />

RAPD random amplified polymorphic DNA<br />

REP-PCR repetitive extragenic palindromic-polymerase chain reaction<br />

RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism<br />

rRNA ribosomal ribonucleic acid<br />

SAFLP single-enzyme amplified fragment length polymorphism<br />

spv <strong>salmonella</strong> plasmid virulence<br />

UPGMA unweigthed pair group method using arithmetic averages<br />

UV ultraviolet light<br />

Vi antigen surface antigen<br />

VNTR variable number <strong>of</strong> tandem repeats<br />

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