Prevalence and distribution of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotypes and the JP2 clone in a Greek population

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-114

  Sakellari, Dimitra ^a   Katsikari, Athanassia ^b   Slini, Theodora ^c   Ioannidis, Ioannis ^a   Konstantinidis, Antonis ^a   Arsenakis, Minas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; Greek; serotypes

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GREECE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651330464     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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