Surveillance methodology for Vibrio cholerae in environmental samples

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Tamrakar, Akhilesh ^a   Goel, Ajay ^a   Kamboj, Dev ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Cholera; ctx gene; Environmental surveillance; ompW gene; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ARABINOSE; CHOLERA TOXIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTONE;

BIOMONITORING; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ALKALINITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWER; TOXICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33745107567     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120600734303     Document Type: Article

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