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Pathogenicity of the highly leukotoxic JP2 clone of<i>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</i>and its geographic dissemination and role in aggressive periodontitis
1 Jan 2014
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For decades, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans has been associated with aggressive forms of periodontitis in adolescents. In the middle of the 1990s, a specific JP2 clone of A. actinomycetemcomitans, belonging to the cluster of serotype b strains of A. actinomycetemcomitans and having a number of other characteristics, was found to be strongly associated with aggressive forms of periodontitis, particularly in...
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