Determination of accessory gene patterns predicts the same relatedness among strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae as sequencing of housekeeping genes does and represents a novel approach in molecular epidemiology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 863-868

  Dagerhamn, Jessica ^a,b   Blomberg, Christel ^a,b   Browall, Sarah ^a   Sjöström, Karin ^a   Morfeldt, Eva ^a   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 40749122598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01438-07     Document Type: Article

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