Back to search

Article

The complete genome and functional analysis of the Brazilian Purpuric Fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup Aegyptius

2011-01-01

Abstract excerpt

The Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF) clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup Aegyptius (Hae) emerged in São Paulo in 1984, causing epidemic outbreaks of a life-threatening childhood infection characterised by shock and purpura fulminans. Strains of Hae have long been known to cause highly contagious and purulent conjunctivitis, but never previously implicated in invasive disease. Laboratory studies have revealed ph...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work
6cdaa868-c329-574f-9fef-ad2c2016b841
DOI
10.25560/6351
Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest
Interactive article relationship graphSelect a related publication card to move it into the centre and load its closest explainable connections. Solid lines are source-backed structured connections. Dashed lines are semantic discovery signals and are not scientific evidence.
The complete genome and functional analysis of the Brazilian Purpuric Fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup AegyptiusDOI 10.25560/6351
Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.