Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains similar to pre-seventh pandemic El Tor strains during an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease in an island resort in Fiji

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1559-1562

  Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Safa, Ashrafus ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^a   Nusrin, Suraia ^a   Murphy, Denise ^b   Nicol, Carolyn ^c   Valcanis, Mary ^d   Iddings, Steven ^e   Kubuabola, Ili ^f   Vally, Hassan ^e,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Mataika House   (Fiji)

^g The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMYXIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FIJI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FIJI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33750828991     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46734-0     Document Type: Article

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