Diverse CTX phages among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an area where cholera is endemic in Bangladesh

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5854-5856

  Nusrin, Suraia ^a   Khan, G Yeahia ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^a   Ansaruzzaman, M ^a   Hossain, M A ^a   Safa, Ashrafus ^a   Khan, Rasel ^a   Faruque, Shah M ^a   Sack, David A ^a   Hamabata, T ^b   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

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

EID: 10844227182     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5854-5856.2004     Document Type: Article

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