The fimbria gene cluster of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 406-417

  Geluk, Forien ^a   Eijk, Paul P ^a   Van Ham, S Marieke ^a,c   Jansen, Henk M ^a   Van Alphen, Loek ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DNA; GANGLIOSIDE GM1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031883301     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.406-417.1998     Document Type: Article

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