High Levels of Recombination among <named-content content-type="genus-species">Streptococcus pneumoniae</named-content> Isolates from the Gambia

ABSTRACT We carried out multilocus sequence typing (MLST) on 148 pneumococcal carriage isolates collected from children <24 months old in the Upper River Division, the Gambia. MLST revealed a diverse population. Seventy-six different sequence types (STs) were found, the most common of which were...

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Main Authors: E. S. Donkor, C. J. Bishop, M. Antonio, B. Wren, W. P. Hanage
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9625488a4d7d40fbbdf822befce6f5fc
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