Diverse CTXφs and evolution of new pathogenic Vibrio cholerae

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9126, 1998, Pages 457-458

  Kimsey, Harvey H ^b   Nair, G Balakrish ^b   Ghosh, Amit ^b   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; VIRUS DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; CHOLERA; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032497013     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79193-5     Document Type: Article

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