Genetically diverse group A streptococci from children in far-western Nepal share high genetic relatedness with isolates from other countries

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2160-2166

  Sakota, Varja ^a   Fry, Alicia M ^a,d   Lietman, Thomas M ^b   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Li, Zhongya ^a   Beall, Bernard ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; M PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; EMM GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SOF GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; MIDDLE EAST; NEPAL; OROPHARYNX; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 33745159354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02456-05     Document Type: Article

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