Isolation of a new variant of Vibrio cholerae O1: V. Cholerae O1 ribotype B27 toxinogenotype TB31 during the last cholera epidemic in Senegal

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Aidara Kane, Awa ^a   Boye, Cheikh S B ^b   Koblavi, Stephania ^c   Grimont, Francine ^a   Grimont, Patrick ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SENEGAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031389841     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.50.227     Document Type: Article

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