Identification of virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae isolated from Iraq during the 2007-2009 outbreak

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1024-1031

  Saleh, Tahreer Hadi ^a   Sabbah, Majeed Arsheed ^b   Jasem, Kifah A ^c   Hammad, Zuhair N ^d  

^a MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Cholera outbreak; PCR; Vibrio; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; CEPHALOTHIN; CHOLERA OUTBREAK; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINICAL ISOLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; HIGH RESISTANCE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX PCR; NALIDIXIC ACID; PCR; PRODUCTION RATES; SEROTYPES; TOXIN PRODUCTION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE;

ANTIBIOTICS; ENZYMES;

GENES;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEI CTXB; PROTEIN CTXA; PROTEIN TCPA; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; IRAQ; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRAQ; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SKIN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

IRAQ;

EID: 82955235628     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W11-094     Document Type: Article

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