From types to trees: Reconstructing the spatial spread of Staphylococcus aureus based on DNA variation

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 614-618

  Nübel, Ulrich ^a   Strommenger, Birgit ^a   Layer, Franziska ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

MLST; MLVA; MRSA; PFGE; Phylogeography; SNPs; Spa typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80555131071     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.09.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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