Molecular epidemiological studies of Vibrio cholerae in Bengal region

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Shinoda, Sumio ^a,b   Nakagawa, Tomoko ^b   Hirakawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Miyoshi, Shin Ichi ^b   Arakawa, Eiji ^c   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^d   Dutta, B ^d   Faruque, Shah M ^e   Nair, Gopinath Balakrish ^d,e  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bengal region; Molecular epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES;

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIRULENCE GENES;

VIRUSES;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BANGLADESH; CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 41149085142     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.13.1     Document Type: Article

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