Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for streptococcus pneumoniae: Comparison with PFGE and MLST

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Elberse, Karin E M ^a   Nunes, Sónia ^b   Sá Leão, Raquel ^b   van der Heide, Han G J ^a   Schouls, Leo M ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79957580474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019668     Document Type: Article

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