Characteristics of a pandemic clone of O3:K6 and O4:K68 Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in Beira, Mozambique

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1502-1507

  Ansaruzzaman, M ^a   Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman ^a   Bhuiyan, Nurul A ^a   Sultana, Marzia ^a   Safa, Ashrafus ^a   Lucas, Marcelino ^b   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^c   Barreto, Avertino ^b   Chaignat, Claire Lise ^d   Sack, David A ^a,f   Clemens, John D ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^a,g   Seon, Young Choi ^c,e   Yoon, Seong Jeon ^c,e   Je, Hee Lee ^c,e   Hye, Ri Lee ^c   Chun, Jongsik ^c,e   Dong, Wook Kim ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PROTIRELIN;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 57749184340     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/004275-0     Document Type: Article

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