Genomic homogeneity of the AHU/IA- 1,2 phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during its disappearance from an urban population

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Xia, Minsheng ^a   Whittington, William L ^a   Holmes, King K ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENDONUCLEASE; HYPOXANTHINE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; GENOME; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030694242     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199711000-00002     Document Type: Article

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