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Initial acquisition and transmission of mutans streptococci in children at day nursery.
ASDC journal of dentistry for children - 1 Jan 2000
Tedjosasongko Udijanto, Kozai Katsuyuki
Abstract excerpt
The purposes of this study were to determine the age at the initial acquisition of mutans streptococci (MS) and to determine the transmission of MS among children at day nursery by describing the occurrence of genotypes prepared by chromosomal DNA fingerprinting of the bacteria using restriction endonuclease EcoRI and HaeIII. The samples were 39 children (23 boys and 16 girls) aged 0-5 years old, 14 pairs of...
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