Natural history of Streptococcus sanguinis in the oral cavity of infants: Evidence for a discrete window of infectivity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4018-4023

  Caufield, Page W ^a   Dasanayake, Ananda P ^a   Li, Yihong ^a   Pan, Yaping ^a   Hsu, Jay ^a   Hardin, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

AGE FACTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOUTH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 0033946225     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4018-4023.2000     Document Type: Article

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