Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae 0139 in China: Polymorphism of ribotypes and CTX elements

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2306-2310

  Qu, Mei ^a,b   Xu, Jing ^a   Ding, Yanpeng ^a,c   Wang, Ruibai ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Kan, Biao ^a   Qi, Guoming ^a   Liu, Yanqing ^a   Gao, Shouyi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CTXAB; PROTEIN ZOT; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038180862     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2306-2310.2003     Document Type: Article

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