Population structure of human isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Dakar and Bangui

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 800-803

  Brochet, Mathieu ^a   Couvé, Elisabeth ^a   Bercion, Raymond ^b   Sire, Jean Marie ^c   Glaser, Philippe ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 62749115238     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01103-08     Document Type: Article

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