Group A Streptococcus: allelic variation, population genetics, and host-pathogen interactions

J Clin Invest. 2001 Feb;107(4):393-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI11972.

Authors

S D Reid¹, N P Hoe, L M Smoot, J M Musser

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 903 South Fourth Street, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA.

PMID: 11181637
PMCID: PMC199275
DOI: 10.1172/JCI11972

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Alleles
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Exotoxins*
Genetic Variation
Humans
Membrane Proteins / genetics
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Streptococcal Infections* / etiology
Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Exotoxins
Membrane Proteins
SpeA protein, Streptococcus pyogenes

Grants and funding

AI-33119/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States