Cholera in Mozambique, variant of Vibrio cholerae [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2057-2059

  Ansaruzzaman, M ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Sack, David A ^a   Lucas, Marcelino ^b   Deen, Jacqueline L ^c   Ampuero, Julia ^d,e   Chaignat, Claire Lise ^f   Barreto, Avertino ^b   Amos, Juvenaldo ^b   Mondlane, Catarina ^b   Baz, Raul ^b   Clemens, John D ^c   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^c   Wang, Xuan Yi ^c   Ali, Mohammad ^c   Puri, Mahesh K ^c   Mahoudeau, Claude ^d   Lab, Bruno ^d   Bedock, Gérard ^d   Perroud, Valerie ^d   McChesney, Margaret ^d   Guerin, Philippe J ^e   Legros, Dominique ^e   Cavailler, Philippe ^e   Kieny, Marie Paule ^f   Steele, Duncan ^f   Touré, Bocar ^f   Kahozi, Pierre ^f   more..

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

^b Ministerio da Saude   (Mozambique)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e EPICENTRE   (France)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; HEMOLYSIN; O ANTIGEN; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; CTXB GENE; EPIDEMIC; LETTER; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; RSTR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 7644232925     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040682     Document Type: Letter

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