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Multilocus sequence typing of serotype III group B streptococcus and correlation with pathogenic potential.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2004
Davies H Dele, Jones Nicola, Whittam Thomas S, Elsayed Sameer, Bisharat Naiel, Baker Carol J
Abstract excerpt
Serotype III group B streptococcus (GBS) causes more invasive disease in infants than do other serotypes in North America. We used multilocus sequence typing to identify clones within 28 invasive serotype III GBS isolates identified from a population-based study and 55 serotype III GBS colonizing isolates from a cohort of women from the same population. Ten allelic sequence types (STs) were identified and...
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