Diphtheria in the Republic of Georgia: Use of molecular typing techniques for characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3265-3270

  Sulakvelidze, Alexander ^a   Kekelidze, Merab ^b   Gomelauri, Tsaro ^b   Deng, Yingkang ^a   Khetsuriani, Nino ^c,d   Kobaidze, Ketino ^e   De Zoysa, Aruni ^f   Efstratiou, Androulla ^f   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a   Imnadze, Paata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgian Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs   (Georgia)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

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

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032865025     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3265-3270.1999     Document Type: Article

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