Genotypic and PFGE/MLVA analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1: Geographical spread and temporal changes during the 2007-2010 cholera outbreaks in Thailand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Okada, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Roobthaisong, Amonrattana ^a   Nakagawa, Ichiro ^c   Hamada, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Chantaroj, Siriporn ^d  

^a Thailand Japan Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re emerging Infections   (Thailand)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTXB GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; RSTR GENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84856166494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030863     Document Type: Article

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