Phenotypic and genetic analyses of 111 clinical and environmental O1, O139, and non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae strains from different geographical areas

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1389-1399

  Sellek, R E ^a   Niemcewicz, M ^b   Olsen, J S ^c   Bassy, O ^a,d   Lorenzo, P ^a   Marti L ^a   Roszkowiak, A ^b   Kocik, J ^b   Cabria, J C ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (Spain)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d Ingeniería y Servicios Aeroespaciales S A INSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN A SUBUNIT; COLISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS A; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CTXA GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TCPA GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84863929994     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002147     Document Type: Article

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