Identification and characterization of genomic loci unique to the Brazilian purpuric fever clonal group of H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius: Functionality explored using meningococcal homology

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1101-1111

  Li, Ming Shi ^a   Farrant, Jayne L ^a   Langford, Paul R ^a   Kroll, J Simon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZILIAN PURPURIC FEVER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEVER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PURPURA; SEPSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE BIOTYPE AEGYPTIUS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037328918     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03359.x     Document Type: Article

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