Identification of novel pneumolysin alleles from paediatric carriage isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 808-814

  Jefferies, J M C ^a,b   Tocheva, A S ^a   Rubery, H ^a   Bennett, J ^a   Garland, J ^a   Christodoulides, M ^a   Faust, S N ^a   Smith, A ^c   Mitchell, T J ^d   Clarke, S C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 77954519027     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.018663-0     Document Type: Article

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