Fish as reservoirs and vectors of Vibrio cholerae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Senderovich, Yigal ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^a   Halpern, Malka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA FLAVIIJOSEPHI; BARBUS CANIS; BARBUS LONGICEPS; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; FISH; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MYRIPRISTIS MURDJAN; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; SAROTHERODON GALILAEUS; TILAPIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; SAROTHERODON GALILAEUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77649110535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008607     Document Type: Article

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