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Global genetic structure and molecular epidemiology of encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae.
Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Musser J M, Kroll J S, Granoff D M, Moxon E R, Brodeur B R, Campos J, Dabernat H, Frederiksen W, Hamel J, Hammond G
Abstract excerpt
A collection of 2,209 isolates of six polysaccharide capsule types of Haemophilus influenzae, including 1,975 serotype b isolates recovered in 30 countries was characterized for electrophoretically demonstrable allele profiles at 17 metabolic enzyme loci. Two hundred eighty distinct multilocus genotypes were distinguished, and cluster analysis revealed two primary phylogenetic divisions. The population structure...
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