Molecular analysis of group A Streptococcus type emm18 isolates temporally associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1805-1810

  Smoot, James C ^a   Korgenski, E Kent ^a   Daly, Judy A ^a   Veasy, L George ^a   Musser, James M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UTAH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0036251948     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1805-1810.2002     Document Type: Article

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