Invasion by Neisseria meningitidis varies widely between clones and among nasopharyngeal mucosae derived from adult human hosts

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1467-1474

  Townsend, Robert ^a   Goodwin, Linda ^a   Stevanin, Tanya M ^a   Silcocks, Paul B ^a   Parker, Andrew ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a   Read, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Neisseria animalis; Neisseria lactamica; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA ANIMALIS; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0036264198     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-5-1467     Document Type: Article

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