Molecular epidemiology of diphtheria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Popovic, Tanja ^a   Mazurova, Izabella K ^b   Efstratiou, Androulla ^c   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^d   Reeves, Michael W ^a   De Zoysa, Aruni ^c   Glushkevich, Tatjana ^e   Grimont, Patrick ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b GN Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Ukrainian Ctr of the Natl S   (Ukraine)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0034009544     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315556     Document Type: Article

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