Commonly used molecular epidemiology markers of Streptococcus agalactiae do not appear to predict virulence

Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 576-581

  Lin, Frank ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,b,c   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b,c   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Machine learning; Molecular epidemiology; Streptococcus agalactiae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

INVASIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 70350654034     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020903071447     Document Type: Article

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