Strains of mutans streptococci isolated in a population with extremely low caries prevalence are cariogenic in the hamster model

Oral Microbiol Immunol. 1987 Dec;2(4):183-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.1987.tb00304.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child
  • Cricetinae
  • Dental Caries / etiology
  • Dental Caries / microbiology*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Humans
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus / physiology*
  • Streptococcus mutans / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus mutans / physiology*