Heterogeneity of diphtheria toxin gene, tox, and its regulatory element, dtxR, in Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains causing epidemic diphtheria in Russia and Ukraine

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1711-1716

  Nakao, Hiroshi ^a   Pruckler, Janet M ^a   Mazurova, Izabella K ^b   Narvskaia, Olga V ^c   Glushkevich, Tatjana ^d   Marijevski, Viktor F ^e   Kravetz, Anatoly N ^f   Fields, Barry S ^a   Wachsmuth, I Kaye ^a,g   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b GN Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Ukrainian Ctr Natl Sanitary E   (Ukraine)

^e Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^f Gromashevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases   (Ukraine)

^g Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; USSR;

EID: 8944256091     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1711-1716.1996     Document Type: Article

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