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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of provisional serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and clonal relationships with 1a and 1b strains isolated in Bangladesh.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Talukder Kaisar A, Islam Zhahirul, Islam M Aminul, Dutta Dilip K, Safa Ashrafus, Ansaruzzaman M, Faruque A S G, Shahed Shamima N, Nair G B, Sack David A
Abstract excerpt
The serotypes of 144 strains of Shigella flexneri serotype 1 (serotypes 1a, 1b, and 1c) isolated from patients attending the Dhaka treatment center of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, between 1997 and 2001 were serologically confirmed by using commercially available antisera and a panel of monoclonal antibodies specific for S. flexneri group and type factor antigen (MASF)....
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