Towards control of Streptococcus iniae

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1891-1896

  Baiano, Justice C F ^a   Barnes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CYTOLYSIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; M PROTEIN; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PROTEIN CAMP; STREPTOLYSIN; STREPTOLYSIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FISH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FISHES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 73949121153     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090232     Document Type: Review

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