Characterization of potentially virulent non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from human patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Cariri, F A M O ^a   Costa, A P R ^a   Melo, C C ^a   Theophilo, G N D ^a   Hofer, E ^a   De Melo Neto, O P ^a   Leal, N C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S 23S rRNA intergenic sequence; Cholera; Serogroup conversion; Vibrio cholerae non O1 non O139; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; PROTEIN CTXAB; PROTEIN WBEN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 71849091342     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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