Pherotypes of pneumococcal strains co-existing in healthy children

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1703-1708

  Vestrheim, Didrik F ^a   Gaustad, Peter ^b,c   Aaberge, Ingeborg S ^a   Caugant, Dominique A ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competence stimulating peptide; Multilocus sequence typing; Nasopharyngeal carriage; Pheromone; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE 1; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMC GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASOPHARYNX; NORWAY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80053570368     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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