Understanding pathogens in the era of next generation sequencing

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 689-691

  Méthot, Pierre Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecology; Pathogenicity island; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84866662716     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3012     Document Type: Article

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