Characterization of emm types and superantigens of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from children during two sampling periods

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1414-1419

  Ma, Y ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Huang, M ^b   Wang, Y ^c   Chen, Y ^d   Deng, L ^e   Yu, S ^a   Deng, Q ^e   Zhang, H ^b   Wang, C ^c   Liu, L ^d   Shen, X ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Guangzhou Children's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Emm typing; Epidemiology; Streptococcus pyogenes; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SMEZ; PROTEIN SPEA; PROTEIN SPEC; PROTEIN SPEG; PROTEIN SPEH; PROTEIN SPEI; PROTEIN SPEJ; PROTEIN SSA; SUPERANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHINA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 70349245188     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002118     Document Type: Article

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