Molecular epidemiology and origin of cholera reemergence in Italy and Albania in the 1990s

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 508-512

  Pazzani, Carlo ^a,b   Scrascia, Maria ^a   Dionisi, Anna Maria ^c   Maimone, Francesco ^a,b   Luzzi, Ida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholera; Europe; Molecular epidemiology; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLERA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALBANIA; CHOLERA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; ITALY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33746190658     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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