Outbreaks caused by new variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 352-354

  Taneja, Neelam ^a   Mishra, Arti ^a   Sangar, Garima ^a   Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYXIN B; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 63849315801     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1502.080943     Document Type: Letter

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