Molecular heterogeneity among north Indian isolates of Group A Streptococcus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-88

  Sagar, V ^a   Bakshi, D K ^a   Nandi, S ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Chakraborti, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

emm typing; Group A Streptococcus; Pharyngitis; RF RHD; Vir typing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ISOLATES; EMM TYPING; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY; NORTH INDIA; PHARYNGITI; RHEUMATIC FEVER/RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TYPES DISTRIBUTIONS; VIR-TYPING;

DISEASES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; VIR;

EID: 3042741265     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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