An experimental study of phage mediated bactericidal selection & emergence of the El Tor Vibrio cholerae

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-224

  Zahid, M Shamim Hasan ^a   Waise, Zaved ^a   Kamruzzaman, M ^a   Ghosh, A N ^b   Balakrish Nair, G ^b   Khairul Bashar, S A M ^a,c   Mekalanos, John J ^a,d   Faruque, Shah M ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical biotype; El Tor biotype; Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae; Vibriophage

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE JSF9; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOPHAGE; ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PANDEMIC; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; PANDEMICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 79952931966     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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