Emergence of a new clone of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor displacing V. cholerae O139 Bengal in Bangladesh

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 624-630

  Faruque, Shah M ^a   Ahmed, Kazi Mokim ^a   Alim, A R M Abdul ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Siddique, A K ^b   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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BANGLADESH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EL TOR VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031058052     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.624-630.1997     Document Type: Article

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