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Constructing Mutants in Serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae strain 519/43
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Whole gene pneumolysin PCR can be used as a diagnostic assay but cannot predict serotype
S M McChlery1, J Kerrigan, S C Clarke
1Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory, Glasgow, UK.
British Journal of Biomedical Science
|April 3, 2004
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