Molecular characterization of a globally distributed lineage of serotype 12F Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 414-422

  Robinson, D Ashley ^b   Turner, J Scott ^b   Facklam, Richard R ^b   Parkinson, Alan J ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Gratten, Mike ^b   Steinhoff, Mark C ^b   Hollingshead, Susan K ^b   Briles, David E ^b   Crain, Marilyn J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033053371     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314589     Document Type: Article

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