Characterization of genetic and phenotypic diversity of invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5853-5863

  Erwin, Alice L ^a   Nelson, Kevin L ^a   Mhlanga Mutangadura, Tendai ^b   Bonthuis, Paul J ^a   Geelhood, Jennifer L ^a   Morlin, Gregory ^b   Unrath, William C T ^a   Campos, Jose ^c   Crook, Derrick W ^d   Farley, Monica M ^e   Henderson, Frederick W ^f   Jacobs, Richard F ^g   Mühlemann, Kathrin ^h   Satola, Sarah W ^e   Van Alphen, Loek ⁱ   Golomb, Miriam ^b   Smith, Arnold L ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NETHERLANDS VACCINE INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INDOLE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; TRYPTOPHANASE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIA GENE; INFA GENE; KSGA GENE; LIC2B GENE; LIC2C GENE; LOSA GENE; LOSB GENE; MIDDLE EAR; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROAT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; UREASE;

EID: 23944525402     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5853-5863.2005     Document Type: Article

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