Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3140-3145

  Maiden, Martin C J ^a   Bygraves, Jane A ^b   Feil, Edward ^c   Morelli, Giovanna ^d   Russell, Joanne E ^b   Urwin, Rachel ^a   Zhang, Qing ^c   Zhou, Jiaji ^a   Zurth, Kerstin ^d   Caugant, Dominique A ^e   Feavers, Ian M ^b   Achtman, Mark ^d   Spratt, Brian G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Housekeeping genes; Hyper virulent clones; Molecular typing; Neisseria meningitidis; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERNET; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 13144252236     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.6.3140     Document Type: Article

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