Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus)

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Manning, Shannon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Group B streptococcus; Molecular epidemiology; Review; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SURFACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 3142710239     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/985     Document Type: Review

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