Genome-wide identification of lineage and locus specific variation associated with pneumococcal carriage duration

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Lees, John A ^a   Croucher, Nicholas J ^b   Goldblatt, David ^c   Nosten, François ^d,e   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Turner, Claudia ^d,e,f   Turner, Paul ^d,e,f   Bentley, Stephen D ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HERITABILITY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AGE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARKOV CHAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; TIME FACTOR;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NASOPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SEROGROUP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85028893604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.26255     Document Type: Article

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