Molecular analysis of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal strains isolated in Bangladesh between 1993 and 1996: Evidence for emergence of a new clone of the Bengal vibrios

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2299-2306

  Faruque, Shah M ^a   Ahmed, Kazi Mokim ^a   Siddique, A K ^b   Zaman, K ^b   Abdul Alim, A R M ^a   Albert, M John ^a  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EL TOR VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1 BIOVAR ELTOR;

EID: 0030836797     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2299-2306.1997     Document Type: Article

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