Characterization of Vibrio cholerae isolated from the aquatic basins of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-276

  Leal, Nilma Cintra ^a   de Araújo Figueiroa, Ângela Cristina Torres ^b   Cavalcanti, Valdelúcia Oliveira ^b   da Silva, Soraya Cavalcante ^a   Leal Balbino, Tereza Cristina ^a   de Almeida, Alzira Maria Paiva ^a   Hofer, Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Central Laboratory of Public Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Environment; Genotypes; Vibrio cholerae non O1; Vibrio cholerae O1; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS VERONII; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BRAZIL; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS VERONII; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 39149142192     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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