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Isolation site influences virulence phenotype of serotype 14 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains belonging to multilocus sequence type 15.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 2015
Amin Zarina, Harvey Richard M, Wang Hui, Hughes Catherine E, Paton Adrienne W, Paton James C, Trappetti Claudia
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a diverse species causing invasive as well as localized infections that result in massive global morbidity and mortality. Strains vary markedly in pathogenic potential, but the molecular basis is obscured by the diversity and plasticity of the pneumococcal genome. We have previously reported that S. pneumoniae serotype 3 isolates belonging to the same multilocus sequence type (MLST)...
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