Population structure of neisseria gonorrhoeae based on whole genome data and its relationship with antibiotic resistance

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Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Ezewudo, Matthew N ^a   Joseph, Sandeep J ^a   Castillo Ramirez, Santiago ^b   Dean, Deborah ^c,j   Del Rio, Carlos ^a,d   Didelot, Xavier ^e   Dillon, Jo Anne ^f   Selden, Richard F ^g   Shafer, William M ^a,h   Turingan, Rosemary S ^g   Unemo, Magnus ⁱ   Read, Timothy D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g NetBio   (United States)

^h ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Genetic admixture; Population structure; Recombination; Whole genome sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GONORRHEA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PANGENOME ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84926433512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.806     Document Type: Article

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