Virulence Properties of Rough and Smooth Strains of Vibrio cholerae O1

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Islam, Mohammad Sirajul ^a,d   Ahsan, Sunjukta ^a   Khan, Sirajul Islam ^b   Ahmed, Qazi Shafi ^a   Rashid, Mohammad Harunur ^a   Islam, Khan M Nasirul ^a   Sack, Richard Bradley ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Rough strains; Smooth strains; Vibrio cholerae O1; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ILEUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

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

EID: 1942517937     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03518.x     Document Type: Article

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