Epidemiology, genetics, and ecology of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1301-1314

  Faruque, Shah M ^a,c   Albert, M John ^d   Mekalanos, John J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIODIVERSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL TIME; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031792685     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1301-1314.1998     Document Type: Article

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