Diversity of emm sequence types in group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in two remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities: Implications for vaccine development

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 5301-5305

  Richardson, Leisha J ^a   Towers, Rebecca J ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a,b   Currie, Bart J ^a,b   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,b   Giffard, Phillip M ^a   McDonald, Malcolm I ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Department of Health and Families   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Indigenous; Diversity; Emm typing; M type vaccine; Simpson's index; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; VACCINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77954957615     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.046     Document Type: Article

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