Clonal expansion of bacterial pathogens across the world

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-040

  Koornhof, Hendrik J ^a   Keddy, Karen ^a   McGee, Lesley ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0035087202     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2001.1227     Document Type: Review

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