Genomic comparative analysis and gene function prediction in infectious diseases: Application to the investigation of a meningitis outbreak

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lavezzo, Enrico ^a   Toppo, Stefano ^a   Franchin, Elisa ^a,b   Di Camillo, Barbara ^a   Finotello, Francesca ^a   Falda, Marco ^a   Manganelli, Riccardo ^a,b   Palù, Giorgio ^a,b   Barzon, Luisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; capsule locus; Comparative genomics; Gene function prediction; Meningitis outbreak; Molecular epidemiology; Neisseria meningitidis; Next generation sequencing; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; EPIDEMIC; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887777570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-554     Document Type: Article

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