Rapid molecular identification of Neisseria meningitidis isolates using the polymerase chain reaction followed by single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Kesanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Tzanakaki, Georgina ^a   Velegraki, Aristea ^b   Tegos, Nikolaos ^b,c   Caugant, Dominique A ^d   Menounos, Panagiotis ^c   Kourea Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Levidiotou Stefanou, Stamatina ^e  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Central Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Armed Forces   (Greece)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; PCR SSCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH SURVEY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PORINS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 22844440930     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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