An extended multi-locus molecular typing schema for Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrates that a limited number of capsular switch events is responsible for serotype heterogeneity of closely related strains from different countries

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-161

  Crisafulli, Giovanni ^a,b   Guidotti, Silvia ^a   Muzzi, Alessandro ^a   Torricelli, Giulia ^a   Moschioni, Monica ^a   Masignani, Vega ^a   Censini, Stefano ^a   Donati, Claudio ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsular serotype; MLST; Molecular typing; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84870307363     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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