emm Typing and validation of provisional M types for group A streptococci

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-253

  Facklam, Richard R ^a   Beall, B ^a   Efstratiou, A ^b   Fischetti, V ^c   Johnson, D ^d   Kaplan, E ^d   Kriz, P ^e   Lovgren, M ^f   Martin, D ^g   Schwartz, B ^a   Totolian, A ^h   Bessen, D ⁱ   Hollingshead, S ^j   Rubin, F ^k   Scott, J ^l   Tyrrell, G ^e  

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

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^f National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032900188     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0502.990209     Document Type: Article

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