The elucidation of novel capsular genotypes of Haemophilus influenzae type b with the polymerase chain reaction.

doi:10.1099/00222615-43-2-120

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The elucidation of novel capsular genotypes of Haemophilus influenzae type b with the polymerase chain reaction.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995

Leaves N I, Falla T J, Crook D W

Abstract excerpt

Molecular characterization is an important pre-requisite for post-vaccine studies of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Three capsular genotyping patterns, b(S), b(G) and b(V), have been described in the major phylogenetic lineage of Hib. However, in a recent series of prospective studies, thre...

Topics

Bacterial Capsules
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Haemophilus influenzae
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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