Development and validation of a mismatch amplification mutation PCR assay to monitor the dissemination of an emerging variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 314-317

  Morita, Masatomo ^a   Ohnishi, Makoto ^a   Arakawa, Eiji ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^b   Nusrin, Suraia ^b   Alam, Munirul ^b   Siddique, A K ^b   Qadri, Firdausi ^b   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Altered El Tor strain; Biotype; Cholera toxin; Vibrio cholerae O1

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; CHOLERA TOXIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTYPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ALLELE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 52649172191     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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