Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains isolated from patients in Belarus during an epidemic period

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1285-1288

  Titov, Leonid ^a   Kolodkina, Valentina ^a   Dronina, Alina ^a   Grimont, Francine ^b   Grimont, Patrick A D ^b   Lejay Collin, Monique ^b   De Zoysa, Aruni ^c   Andronescu, Constantin ^d   Diaconescu, Angela ^d   Marin, Byanca ^d   Efstratiou, Androulla ^c  

^a Research Institute for Epidemiology & Microbiology RIEM   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre for Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections   (United Kingdom)

^d CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELARUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BYELARUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RIBOTYPING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037337226     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1285-1288.2003     Document Type: Article

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