Prevalence and distribution of adhesins in invasive non-type b encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1635-1642

  Rodriguez, Carina A ^a   Avadhanula, Vasanthi ^a   Buscher, Amy ^b   Smith, Arnold L ^c   St Geme III, Joseph W ^b   Adderson, Elisabeth E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HAP; PROTEIN HIA; PROTEIN HIF; PROTEIN HMW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE CLUSTER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037378832     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.1635-1642.2003     Document Type: Article

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