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Profiling of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Serotypes B and C and the genotypes in periodontal health and disease.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Setty Swati, Wadikar Tanvee, Suprith S S, Bhat Kishore, Thakur Srinath
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BACKGROUND: A. actinomycetemcomitans is prevalent in periodontitis but is found in some periodontally healthy individuals as well. Certain serotypes of the organism have shown to determine severity of the disease. The distribution of serotype and genotype is affected by geographic and ethnic variation. Therefore, the present study was aimed to detect serotypes b & c of A. actinomycetemcomitans and the genotypes...
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