Prevalence of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA genotypes in Caucasians

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 390-394

  Beikler, Thomas ^a   Peters, Ulrike ^a   Prajaneh, Seangsome ^b   Prior, Karola ^a   Ehmke, Benjamin ^a   Flemmig, Thomas Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Caucasian; fimA genotype; Periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIMA GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PILI, SEX; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SMOKING;

EID: 0344583794     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2003.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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