Molecular characterization of an Australian serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-333

  Staples, M ^a   Graham, R M A ^a   Jennison, A V ^a   Ariotti, L ^a   Hicks, V ^a   Cook, H ^b   Krause, V ^b   Giele, C ^c   Smith, H V ^a  

^a Forensic and Scientific Services   (Australia)

^b Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

IPD; outbreak; serogroup 1; serotype 1; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925229741     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814000648     Document Type: Article

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