Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 354-363

  Heymans, Raymond ^a   Schouls, Leo M ^c   Van Der Heide, Han G J ^d   Schim Van Der Loeff, Maarten F ^b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,c  

^a Amsterdam Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b Health Service of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUALITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 78650900320     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01059-10     Document Type: Article

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