Genotypic diversity of mutans streptococci in Brazilian nursery children suggests horizontal transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2313-2316

  Mattos Graner, R O ^a   Li, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a   Duncan, M ^a   Smith, D J ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NURSERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035010008     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2313-2316.2001     Document Type: Article

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