Molecular characterization reveals involvement of altered el tor biotype Vibrio cholerae O1 strains in cholera outbreak at Hyderabad, India

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-284

  God, Ajay Kumar ^a   Jain, Meenu ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Sarguna, Pennagaram ^b   Bai, Meera ^b   Ghosh, Neha ^a   Gopalan, Natrajan ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

biotype; cholera; cholera toxin; CTX prophage; outbreak; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79955730969     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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