Using cpsA-cpsB sequence polymorphisms and serotype-/group-specific PCR to predict 51 Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular serotypes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1047-1058

  Kong, Fanrong ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS A GENE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS B GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1542540069     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05277-0     Document Type: Article

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