Prevalence and distribution of the hmw and hia genes and the HMW and Hia adhesins among genetically diverse strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 364-368

  St Geme III, Joseph W ^a   Kumar, Vini V ^b   Cutter, David ^c   Barenkamp, Stephen J ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Cardinal Glennon Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0031985210     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.364-368.1998     Document Type: Article

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