Comparison of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing and porB sequence analysis for identification of clusters of N. gonorrhoeae isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 489-491

  Liao, Mingmin ^a,b   Helgeson, Sarah ^a,b   Gu, Wei Ming ^c   Yang, Yang ^c   Jolly, Ann M ^d   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Shanghai Skin Disease and STD Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PORIN; PORIN PROTEINS, NEISSERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHEA MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORB DNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 60849096373     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01612-08     Document Type: Article

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