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A Statistical Approach to the Ecology of Porphyromonas gingivalis
1 Feb 1992
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that infections with Porphyromonas gingivalis, associated with periodontal disease, may consist of one clonal type. It has also been shown that each individual patient carries a unique clonal type of P. gingivalis, as assessed by DNA fingerprinting. This issue was further examined by random collection of multiple isolates ofP. gingivalis from multiple sites in several patients, and...
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