Molecular-genetic peculiarities of classical biotype Vibrio cholerae, the etiological agent of the last outbreak Asiatic cholera in Russia

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-139

  Smirnova, Nina I ^a   Cheldyshova, Nadezhda B ^a   Zadnova, Svetlana P ^a   Kutyrev, Vladimir V ^a  

^a RUSSIAN RESEARCH ANTI PLAGUE INSTITUTE MICROBE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cholera outbreak; Vibrio cholerae; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0347951066     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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