Subtyping of Haemophilus influenzae strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2142-2147

  Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Umeda, Akiko ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0033027956     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2142-2147.1999     Document Type: Article

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