Clonal analysis of Haemophilus influenzae type b isolates in the United Kingdom.

doi:10.1099/00222615-43-1-45

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Clonal analysis of Haemophilus influenzae type b isolates in the United Kingdom.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 1995

Urwin G, Musser J M, Yuan M F

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Strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b were collected as part of an epidemiological study of bacterial meningitis in the North East Thames Region (NETR) of England. Subclones of H. influenzae were identified by outer-membrane protein typing and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. These were comp...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Child
Child, Preschool
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enzymes
Genotype
Haemophilus influenzae
Humans
Infant
Meningitis, Haemophilus
Middle Aged
Racial Groups
United Kingdom

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