Contribution of Serotype and genetic background to virulence of serotype 3 and serogroup 11 pneumococcal isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4839-4849

  McAllister, Lauren J ^a   Ogunniyi, Abiodun D ^a   Stroeher, Uwe H ^a,c   Leach, Amanda J ^b   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE;

ABORIGINE; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NANA BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSPA BACTERIAL GENE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELLOBIOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MICE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84855717811     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05663-11     Document Type: Article

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