Relationship between transmission of Porphyromonas gingivalis and FimA type in spouses

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1355-1360

  Asano, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Taneaki ^b   Yamada, Satoru ^a   Okuda, Katsuji ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fimbriae, bacterial; Periodontitis etiology; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; PERIODONTITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPOUSE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; DENTAL PLAQUE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PILI, SEX; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0242320400     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2003.74.9.1355     Document Type: Article

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