Prevalence of hicAB, lav, traA, and hifBC among Haemophilus influenzae middle ear and throat strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Syed, Salma S ^a,b   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Haemophilus influenzae; Molecular epidemiology; Otitis media; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HICAB PROTEIN; HIFBC PROTEIN; LAV PROTEIN; TRAA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EAR, MIDDLE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 34547861649     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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