Origin of Vibrio cholerae in Haiti

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-

  Ceccarelli, Daniela ^a   Spagnoletti, Matteo ^a   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^b   Burrus, Vincent ^c   Colombo, Mauro M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; GENE SEQUENCE; HAITI; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAITI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 79953060783     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70078-0     Document Type: Letter

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