Genomic science in understanding cholera outbreaks and evolution of Vibrio cholerae as a human pathogen

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 379, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-229

  Robins, William P ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOINFORMATICS; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRAVEL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84903444568     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: 21969965     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2014_366     Document Type: Article

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