Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor isolates from Mozambique that harbour the classical CTX prophage

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-170

  Lee, Je Hee ^a,b   Han, Kyung Ho ^a   Choi, Seon Young ^a,b   Lucas, Marcelino E S ^c   Mondlane, C ^d   Ansaruzzaman, M ^e   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Sack, David A ^e   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a   Clemens, John D ^a   Song, Manki ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a,b   Kim, Dong Wook ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^d Centro De Higiene Ambiental E Exames Medicos   (Mozambique)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA FRAGMENT; POLYMYXIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEROTYPE; TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; PROPHAGES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 32044444352     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46287-0     Document Type: Article

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