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Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in a rural adult population in southern Thailand.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Jun 2002
Dahlén Gunnar, Widar F, Teanpaisan R, Papapanou P N, Baelum V, Fejerskov O
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans isolates was examined in a rural population of southern Thailand. Sixty individuals aged 30-39 and 50-59 years were randomly selected from a group of 363 persons, living in four villages, who had been clinically examined previously. A subgingival plaque sample was taken with a curette from the mesial aspect of the two upper and lower first molars. Each sample...
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