Nucleotide sequence diversity of the bexA gene in serotypeable Haemophilus influenzae strains recovered from invasive disease patients in canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1996-1999

  Zhou, Jianwei ^a   Law, Dennis K S ^a   Sill, Michelle L ^a   Tsang, Raymond S W ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEXA GENE; CANADA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 34250625233     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00612-07     Document Type: Article

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