Genetic diversity and population structure of Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 581-590

  Beltrán, Pilar ^a   Delgado, Gabriela ^a   Navarro, Armando ^a   Trujillo, Francisca ^a   Selander, Robert K ^b   Cravioto, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032996477     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.581-590.1999     Document Type: Article

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