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Characterization of a toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 strain belonging to a new ribotype and isolated from a diarrheal patient.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Bhanumathi R, Sabeena F, Isac Sree Renjini, Radhakutty G, Singh D V
Abstract excerpt
We characterized a Vibrio cholerae O139 strain isolated from a diarrheal patient admitted to Taluk Hospital, Cherthala, Alleppey, Kerala, India, on 9 June 2000. The V. cholerae O139 strain possesses the core of the CTX genetic element, colonization toxin-coregulated pilus, the adherence outer membrane protein, and the central regulatory protein encoded by toxR and produces cholera toxin (200 pg/ml). We provide...
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