Cholera: Molecular basis for emergence and pathogenesis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Mekalanos, John J ^a   Rubin, Eric J ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Tupper Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Chromosomal element; Colonization factor; Epidemic strain emergence; Mobile genetic element; Pathogenicity island; Vibrio cholerae; Virulence factor acquisition

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHOLERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030921537     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00054-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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