Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>MLVA strain typing
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Precise identification of bacterial pathogens at the strain level is essential for epidemiological purposes. In <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae</it>, the existence of 90 different serotypes makes the typing particularly diff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/66 |