Rapid selection of complement-inhibiting protein variants in group a Streptococcus epidemic waves

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 924-929

  Hoe, Nancy P ^a   Nakashima, Kazumitsu ^a   Lukomski, Slawomir ^a   Grigsby, Diana ^a   Liu, Mengyao ^a   Kordari, Parichher ^a   Dou, Shu Jun ^a   Pan, Xi ^a   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^b   Salmelinna, Saara ^b   McGeer, Allison ^c   Low, Donald E ^c   Schwartz, Benjamin ^d   Schuchat, Anne ^d   Naidich, Steven ^e   De Lorenzo, Dsvid ^f   Fu, Yun Xin ^f   Musser, James M ^a,g  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e eGenomics   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINLAND; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032812780     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11369     Document Type: Article

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