Bacteriophage and the evolution of epidemic cholera

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2981-2982

  Miller, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; MITOMYCIN C;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; EVOLUTION; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038782020     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.2981-2982.2003     Document Type: Note

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