Multilocus sequence typing of serotype III group B streptococcus and correlation with pathogenic potential

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1097-1102

  Davies, H Dele ^a,b,f   Jones, Nicola ^c   Whittam, Thomas S ^d   Elsayed, Sameer ^a   Bisharat, Naiel ^c   Baker, Carol J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ALLELES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 1642385332     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382087     Document Type: Article

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