Nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae in aboriginal infants with otitis media: Prolonged carriage of P2 porin variants and evidence for horizontal P2 gene transfer

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1468-1474

  Smith Vaughan, H C ^a   Sriprakash, K S ^a   Mathews, J D ^a   Kemp, D J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030909890     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1468-1474.1997     Document Type: Article

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