Capsular typing method for Streptococcus agalactiae using whole- genome sequence data

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1388-1390

  Sheppard, Anna E ^a   Vaughan, Alison ^a   Jones, Nicola ^a   Turner, Paul ^a,b   Turner, Claudia ^a,b   Efstratiou, Androulla ^c,d   Patel, Darshana ^c   Davies, Jim ^f   Crichton, Charles ^f   Acharya, Milind ^f   Del Ojo Elias, Carlos ^f   Walker, A Sarah ^a   Berkley, James A ^a,e   Crook, Derrick W ^a   Seale, Anna C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VALIDITY; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84964923709     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03142-15     Document Type: Article

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