Molecular analysis of genes related to survival and virulence of Clostridium perfringens strain 13

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Title
Molecular analysis of genes related to survival and virulence of Clostridium perfringens strain 13
Author
Hameem, Sk. Md. Ibn Kawsar
University
University of Tsukuba
Types of degree
博士(医学)
Grant ID
甲第3823号
Degree year
2005-03-25

Description

Clostridium perfringens was first isolated from a cadaver, and was described completely by Welch and Nuttall in 1892. Although there are a few credible accounts from antiquity of gas-gangrenous infections in man, the disease did not come into any great prominence until the First World War. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died of gas gangrene due to battlefield injuries during World War I, and C. perfringens was widely recognized as being the most important causal organism of the disease. ...

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