Biotyping of Vibrio cholerae O1: Time to redefine the scheme

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-698

  Raychoudhuri, Amit ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Nandy, R K ^a   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^b   Nair, G Balakrish ^a  

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

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

El Tor variant; Hybrid biotype; Phage typing; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; DNA MICROARRAY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOLYSIS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOGES PROSKAUER TEST;

EID: 61849110345     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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