Article
Is Bordetella pertussis clonal?
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 28 Mar 1992
Khattak M N, Matthews R C, Burnie J P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To establish whether Bordetella pertussis is essentially clonal. DESIGN: Analysis of restriction fragments of XbaI digests of DNA from clinical and control isolates of B pertussis by pulse field gel electrophoresis. MATERIALS: 105 isolates of B pertussis: 67 clinical isolates from throughout the United Kingdom and 23 from Germany (collected during the previous 18 months); vaccine strains 2991 and 3700;...
Topics
- Bordetella pertussis
- Clone Cells
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Serotyping
