Occurrence of culturable Vibrio cholerae O139 with ctx gene in various components of the aquatic environment in Bangladesh

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 128-

  Islam, M S ^a   Alam, M J ^a   Begum, A ^a   Rahim, Z ^a   Felsenstein, A ^a   Albert, M J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cholera; Ctx gene; Distribution in environment; Vibrio cholerae 0139

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; TETRACYCLINE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 15844425581     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90110-8     Document Type: Article

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