Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor strains isolated between 1992 and 1995 in Calcutta, India: Evidence for the emergence of a new clone of the El Tor biotype

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1134-1141

  Sharma, Charu ^b   Balakrish Nair, G ^b   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Ghosh, R K ^b   Ghosh, Amit ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 16944366336     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516453     Document Type: Article

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