Reduced virulence of group A streptococcal Tn916 mutants that do not produce streptolysin S.

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Published in Infect Immun on April 01, 1998

Authors

S D Betschel1, S M Borgia, N L Barg, D E Low, J C De Azavedo

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1: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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