Detection of virulence-associated and regulatory protein genes in association with phage typing of human Vibrio cholerae from several geographical regions of the world

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1160-1167

  Bhowmick, Tushar Suvra ^a   Das, Mayukh ^a   Ruppitsch, Werner ^b   Stoeger, Anna ^b   Pietzka, Ariane Tatjana ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^b   Rodrigues, D P ^c   Sarkar, B L ^a  

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

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACE; PROTEIN CTXA; PROTEIN HLYA; PROTEIN OMPU; PROTEIN RS1; PROTEIN RTXA; PROTEIN SXT; PROTEIN VC O1; PROTEIN VC O139; PROTEIN ZOT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69049091935     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008466-0     Document Type: Article

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