Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Neisseria meningitidis yields groupings similar to those obtained by multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1509-1518

  Schouls, Leo M ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^b   Damen, Marjolein ^b   Van De Pol, Ingrid ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33645924046     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1509-1518.2006     Document Type: Article

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