Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae ol strains isolated during cholera outbreaks in guinea-bissau

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1189-1192

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Mortensen, H F ^a   Molbak K ^b   Dias, F ^c   Serichantalergs, O ^e   Echeverria, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Projecto de Saude   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d Lab Nac de Saude Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINO 6,7 DIISOPROPYLPTERIDINE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHOLERA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029865929     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1189-1192.1996     Document Type: Article

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