Comparison of serologic and genetic porB-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Consequences for future characterization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4141-4147

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Olcén, Per ^a   Albert, Jan ^b   Fredlund, Hans ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PORB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0041418109     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4141-4147.2003     Document Type: Article

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