Evolution and virulence of serogroup 6 pneumococci on a global scale

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6367-6375

  Robinson, D Ashley ^a   Briles, David E ^a   Crain, Marilyn J ^a   Hollingshead, Susan K ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036843786     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.22.6367-6375.2002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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