Article
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 ge...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Child
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
- Enzymes
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Haemophilus Infections
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Serotyping