Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular comparison of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from domestic and imported cases of cholera in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 424-426

  Arakawa, Eiji ^a   Murase, Toshiyuki ^b   Matsushita, Shigeru ^c   Shimada, Toshio ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^b   Ito, Takeshi ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHOLERA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033962524     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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