Evaluation of VcA VNTR as a strain-typing and phylogeny study method of Vibrio cholerae strains

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1637-1649

  Bhowmick, T S ^a   Das, M ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Vibrio cholerae; VNTR

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN VCA; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77957323782     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000427     Document Type: Article

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