Molecular identification of pathogenicity genes and ERIC types in Vibrio cholerae O1 epidemic strains from Mozambique

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Folgosa, E ^a   Mastrandrea, S ^b   Cappuccinelli, P ^b   Uzzau, S ^b   Rappelli, P ^b   Brian, M J ^c   Colombo, M M ^d  

^a Edwards Mondlane University   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESTRICTION; ENTEROBACTER; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOZAMBIQUE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034839571     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801005623     Document Type: Article

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