Rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 bengal from stool specimens by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1633-1635

  Albert, M John ^a,c   Islam, Dilara ^a   Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Falklind, Susanna ^b   Weintraub, Andrej ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHOLERA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA PROBE; DNA TEMPLATE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030978309     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1633-1635.1997     Document Type: Article

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