High-resolution genotyping of Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M1 isolates by fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1948-1952

  Desai, Meeta ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a   George, Robert ^a   Stanley, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032959178     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1948-1952.1999     Document Type: Article

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