Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates collected during periods of increased acute rheumatic fever activity in Utah

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-61

  Miner, Lonnie J ^a   Petheram, Susan J ^a   Daly, Judy A ^a   Korgenski, E Kent ^a   Selin, Kristie S ^a   Firth, Sean D ^a   Veasy, L George ^a   Hill, Harry R ^a   Bale Jr , James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotyping; Group A Streptococcus; Multilocus sequence typing; Rheumatic fever; Streptococcus pyogenes; Utah

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UTAH;

EID: 0842304463     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000105180.76624.33     Document Type: Article

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