Molecular typing of the pneumococcus and its application in epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Donkor, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Eburst; Epidemiology; Multilocus sequence typing; Pneumococcus; Sub saharan africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CLASSIFICATION; EBURST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EBURST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCUS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84882951815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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