Development and evaluation of a phage typing scheme for Vibrio cholerae O139

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-49

  Chakrabarti, A K ^a   Ghosh, A N ^a   Balakrish Nair, G ^a   Niyogi, S K ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033989456     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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