Distribution of Shigella enterotoxin genes and secreted autotransporter toxin gene among diverse species and serotypes of shigella isolated from Andaman Islands, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1694-1698

  Roy, Subarna ^a   Thanasekaran, K ^a   Dutta Roy, Anita R ^a   Sehgal, Subhash C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; sat; sen; set; ShET; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NEW GENUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAT GENE; SEN GENE; SEROTYPE; SET GENE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33750372027     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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