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Longitudinal study of transmission, diversity, and stability of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus genotypes in Brazilian nursery children.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2004
Klein Marlise Inêz, Flório Flávia Martão, Pereira Antonio Carlos, Höfling José Francisco, Gonçalves Reginaldo Bruno
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to perform a follow-up evaluation of the Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus colonization profile of children's oral cavities, which included the pattern of vertical transmission from mother to child, genotypic diversity, and stability of the strains. The subjects were 16 mother-child pairs, who were monitored for 20 months. Samples of saliva, tongue dorsum, alveolar ridge...
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