Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: The new serogroup causing cholera

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-51

  Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Albert, M John ^b   Shimada, Toshio ^c   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

New cholera causing serotype; Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BANGLADESH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030066803     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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