Clonal relationship among Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains causing the largest cholera epidemic in Kenya in the late 1990s

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3401-3404

  Scrascia, M ^a   Maimone, F ^a,b   Mohamud, K A ^b   Materu, S F ^c   Grimont, F ^d   Grimont, P A D ^d   Pazzani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; KANAMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; KENYA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33748771504     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00611-06     Document Type: Article

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