Highly toxic clone of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in geographically widespread cases of juvenile periodontitis in adolescents of African origin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1576-1578

  Haubek, Dorte ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a   Westergaard, Jytte ^b   Dahlèn, Gunnar ^c   Kilian, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTOXIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; OPERON; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029905310     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1576-1578.1996     Document Type: Article

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