Equivalence of high-virulence clonotypes of serotype III group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-508

  Fleming, Katherine E ^a   Bohnsack, John F ^b   Palacios, Geraldo C ^c   Takahashi, Shinji ^d   Adderson, Elisabeth E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d Joshi Eiyoh University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; INITIATION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEAT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ALLELES; DNA PROBES; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 3042585914     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05443-0     Document Type: Article

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