Characterization of Bordetella pertussis strains of recent isolation

New Microbiologica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Stefanelli, P ^a   De Marzi, L ^b   Robino, L ^b   Roman, D ^b   Basso, F ^c   D'Orazio, P ^c   Di Tommaso, S ^c   Vasile, E ^c   Caciolo, E ^a   Spigaglia, P ^a   Mastrantonio, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Padua Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

B. pertussis; Diagnosis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serotyping; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PERTUSSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; SEROTYPING; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0033159488     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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