Phylogenetically distinct Staphylococcus aureus lineage prevalent among indigenous communities in northern Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2295-2300

  Ng, Jacklyn W S ^a   Holt, Deborah C ^a   Lilliebridge, Rachael A ^a   Stephens, Alex J ^b   Huygens, Flavia ^b   Tong, Steven Y C ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a   Giffard, Philip M ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUF GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650021213     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00122-09     Document Type: Article

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