Molecular subtyping of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: Comparison of five methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1468-1473

  Swaminathan, B ^a,b   Matar, Ghassan M ^a,c   Reeves, Michael W ^a   Graves, Lewis M ^a   Ajello, Gloria ^a   Bibb, William F ^a   Helsel, Leta O ^a   Morales, Mitsie ^a   Dronavalli, Hima ^a   El Swify, Mohammed ^a   DeWitt, Wallis ^a   Hunter, Susan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 9344229215     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1468-1473.1996     Document Type: Article

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