Challenges of using molecular serotyping for surveillance of pneumococcal disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3271-3276

  Magomani, Victoria ^a,b,c   Wolter, Nicole ^a,b,c   Tempia, Stefano ^a,d   Plessis, Mignon Du ^a,b,c   De Gouveia, Linda ^a,c   Von Gottberg, Anne ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84906846043     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01061-14     Document Type: Article

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