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Genetic Diversity and Evidence for Transmission of Streptococcus mutans by DiversiLab rep-PCR.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Sept 2016
Momeni Stephanie S, Whiddon Jennifer, Cheon Kyounga, Ghazal Tariq, Moser Stephen A, Childers Noel K
Abstract excerpt
This two-part study investigated the genetic diversity and transmission of Streptococcus mutans using the DiversiLab repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) approach. For children with S. mutans and participating household members, analysis for evidence of unrelated child-to-child as well as intra-familial transmission was evaluated based on commonality of genotypes. A total of 169 index children and 425...
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