Open AccessST534: the new sequence type of Corynebacterium diphtheriae causing diphteria in Jakarta and surrounding areas, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Sunarno Sunarno,
Yuni Rukminiati,
Ratih Dian Saraswati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1909-4
Subject(s) - corynebacterium diphtheriae , multilocus sequence typing , typing , whole genome sequencing , genetics , medicine , sequence (biology) , dna sequencing , diphtheria , sequence analysis , diphtheria toxin , allele , gene , genome , genotype , biology , virology , toxin , vaccination
The aim of this study was to find out characteristics and patterns of the spread of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated from Jakarta and the surrounding areas, using the whole genome sequencing (WGS) technique and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approach.