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Genotypic Diversity of Mutans Streptococci in Brazilian Nursery Children Suggests Horizontal Transmission

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Streptococcus mutans strains were isolated from cohorts of Brazilian nursery school children and genotyped by arbitrarily primed PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Of 24 children with two to five S. mutans isolates, 29% carried two or more genotypes. The presence of matching genotypes of S. mutans among children attending one nursery suggests horizontal transmission.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.6.2313-2316.2001

Authors: Renata O. Mattos-Graner, Yihong Li, Page W. Caufield, Margaret Duncan, Daniel J. Smith

Institutions: The Forsyth Institute, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Subfield: Periodontics

Field: Dentistry

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Nihon University, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research