Inter-species genetic movement may blur the epidemiology of streptococcal diseases in endemic regions

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1128-1138

  Davies, Mark R ^a   Tran, Thanh N ^a   McMillan, David J ^a,c   Gardiner, Donald L ^a   Currie, Bart J ^b   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group G streptococcus; Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile genetic elements; Streptococcal phages; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus dysgalactiae; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPOSON;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP G';

EID: 24944455098     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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