Short report: Environmental Vibrio Cholerae O139 may be the progenitor of outbreak of cholera in coastal area of Orissa, Eastern India, 2000: Molecular evidence

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 819-822

  Khuntia, Hemant Kumar ^b   Pal, Bibhuti Bhusan ^b   Meher, Prem Kumar ^c   Chhotray, Guru Prasad ^a,b  

^a Regional Medical Research Centre ^*  (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; INDIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STATISTICS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

CHOLERA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 45349097126     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.819     Document Type: Article

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