Variation of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh and its correlation with the clinical strains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 773-777

  Islam, Mohammad Sirajul ^a,e   Talukder, Kaisar Ali ^a   Khan, Nurul Huda ^a   Mahmud, Zahid Hayat ^a   Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur ^a   Nair, Gopinath Balakrish ^a   Siddique, Abul K M ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^a   Sack, David Allen ^a   Sack, Richard Bradley ^b   Huq, Anwar ^c   Colwell, Rita R ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Toxigenic variation; Vibrio cholerae O1

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 7044233426     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03604.x     Document Type: Article

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