Clonal relationship among Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated in Somalia

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Scrascia, Maria ^a   Pugliese, Nicola ^a   Maimone, Francesco ^a,b   Mohamud, Kadigia A ^b   Grimont, Patrick A D ^c   Materu, Sadiki F ^d   Pazzani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cholera; Clonal analysis; Somalia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SOMALIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOMALIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 61349180731     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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