Molecular epidemiology of geographically dispersed Vibrio Cholerae, Kenya, January 2009-may 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 925-931

  Mohamed, Ahmed Abade ^a,b   Oundo, Joseph ^a,c,d   Kariuki, Samuel M ^d   Boga, Hamadi I ^e   Sharif, Shanaz K ^b   Akhwale, Willis ^b   Omolo, Jared ^a,b   Amwayi, Anyangu S ^a,b   Mutonga, David ^b   Kareko, David ^e   Njeru, Mercy ^b   Li, Shan ^f   Breiman, Robert F ^c   Colin Stine, O ^f  

^a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation ^*

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CHILD; CHOLERA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE 01;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861208259     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.111774     Document Type: Article

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