An improved method for detecting faecal Vibrio cholerae by PCR of the toxin A gene

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 883-889

  Miyagi, Kazufumi ^a,b   Sano, Kouichi ^a   Morita, Chizuko ^a   Imura, Shunro ^a,c,e   Morimatsu, Shinichi ^a   Goto, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakano, Yasuo ^b   Omura, Kanzo ^c   Matsumoto, Yasukazu ^c   Maeda, Kenji ^c   Hashimoto, Satoru ^c   Honda, Takeshi ^d  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^c Kansai Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kobe Quarantine Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032694804     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-10-883     Document Type: Article

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