Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis by DNA typing: Evidence for a distinct subpopulation associated with virulence traits

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1376-1387

  Bootsma, Hester J ^a,b   Van Der Heide, Han G J ^b   Van De Pas, Simone ^b   Schouls, Leo M ^b   Mooi, Frits R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034026777     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315374     Document Type: Article

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