Preliminary validation of a novel high-resolution melt-based typing method based on the multilocus sequence typing scheme of Streptococcus pyogenes

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1426-1434

  Richardson, L J ^a   Tong, S Y C ^a   Towers, R J ^a   Huygens, F ^b   McGregor, K ^c,e   Fagan, P K ^a,d   Currie, B J ^a,d   Carapetis, J R ^a   Giffard, P M ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution melting; Multilocus sequence typing; Simpsons index of diversity; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Streptococcus pyogenes; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79959480004     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03433.x     Document Type: Article

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