title: [The genetic typing of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains by the polymerase chain reaction with universal primers].
abstract: The use of polymerase chain reaction (UP-PCR with universal primers for the genetic typing of 85 C. diphtheriae strains, isolated from patients and carriers at the period of the epidemic, has shown that a single natural clone of biovar gravis seems to prevail in North Western Russia. UP-PCR is an effective too for the rapid intraspecific typing of strains on the molecular-genetic level and for the study of the circulation of C.diphtheriae epidemic clones.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Mokrousov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Narvskaia
authors.forename: G Ia
authors.initials: GIa
authors.lastname: Tseneva
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlov
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Popel'
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Geneticheskoe tipirovanie shtammov Corynebacterium diphtheriae metodom polimeraznoĭ tsepnoĭ reaktsii s universal'nymi praĭmerami.