Multilocus restriction typing: A tool for Neisseria meningitidis strain discrimination

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 781-787

  Bennett, Désirée E ^a   Cafferkey, Mary T ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTILOCUS RESTRICTION TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0141427770     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05225-0     Document Type: Article

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