Detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in freshwater lakes of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-6

  Grim, Christopher J ^a,b   Jaiani, Ekaterina ^c   Whitehouse, Chris A ^d   Janelidze, Nino ^c   Kokashvili, Tamuna ^c   Tediashvili, Marina ^c   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b   Huq, Anwar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage Microbiology and Virology   (Georgia)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957270112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00073.x     Document Type: Review

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