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Molecular heterogeneity among north Indian isolates of Group A Streptococcus.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2004
Sagar V, Bakshi D K, Nandi S, Ganguly N K, Kumar R, Chakraborti A
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To monitor molecular heterogeneity among the clinical isolates of group A Streptococcus (GAS) from north India by Vir and emm typing. METHODS AND RESULTS: GAS isolates, 31 from pharyngitis and nine from rheumatic fever (RF)/rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients were differentiated into 16 Vir types (VT). These isolates were further discriminated into 23 emm types. Most of emm types were Vir type specific,...
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