Environmental reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae and their role in cholera

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Vezzulli, Luigi ^a   Pruzzo, Carla ^a   Huq, Anwar ^b   Colwell, Rita R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; PROTOZOA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957269141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00128.x     Document Type: Review

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