Biotype traits and antibiotic susceptibility of Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 before, during and after the emergence of the O139 serogroup

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 427-434

  Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Garg, S ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Kar, S ^b   Ghosh, R K ^b   Pajni, S ^b   Ghosh, A ^c   Shimada, T ^d   Takeda, T ^e   Takeda, Y ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INDIA; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029559125     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800058581     Document Type: Article

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