Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics and Epidemiological Significance of ctx+ Strains of Vibrio cholerae Isolated from Seafood in Malaysia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1964-1972

  Chen, Chien Hsien ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^b,d   Elhadi, Nasreldin ^c,e   Radu, Son ^c   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIBIOGRAMS; DENDROGRAMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTX GENE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LAOS; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RFB GENE; RIBOTYPING; SEA FOOD; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHENOTYPE; SEAFOOD; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

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

EID: 16544378581     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.1964-1972.2004     Document Type: Article

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