MALDI-TOF MS Distinctly Differentiates Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticus

Bingqing Zhu; Di Xiao; Huifang Zhang; Yongchan Zhang; Yuan Gao; Li Xu; Jing Lv; Yingtong Wang; Jianzhong Zhang; Zhujun Shao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056139

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MALDI-TOF MS Distinctly Differentiates Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticus

Bingqing Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bingqing Zhu, Di Xiao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Di Xiao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bingqing Zhu, Di Xiao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Huifang Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Yongchan Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Yuan Gao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Li Xu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Jing Lv,

Affiliation Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Yingtong Wang,

Affiliation Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China
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Jianzhong Zhang ,

* E-mail: shaozhujun@icdc.cn (ZS); zhangjianzhong@icdc.cn (JZ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhujun Shao

* E-mail: shaozhujun@icdc.cn (ZS); zhangjianzhong@icdc.cn (JZ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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MALDI-TOF MS Distinctly Differentiates Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae from Haemophilus haemolyticus

Bingqing Zhu,
Di Xiao,
Huifang Zhang,
Yongchan Zhang,
Yuan Gao,
Li Xu,
Jing Lv,
Yingtong Wang,
Jianzhong Zhang,
Zhujun Shao

Published: February 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056139

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