Possible laboratory contamination leads to incorrect reporting of Vibrio cholerae O1 and initiates an outbreak response

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 480-482

  Smith, Anthony M ^a,b   Keddy, Karen H ^a,b   Ismail, Husna ^a,b   Tau, Nomsa ^a   Sooka, Arvinda ^a   Archer, Brett N ^a   Thomas, Juno ^a   Crisp, Noreen ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84862956242     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05785-11     Document Type: Article

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