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Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and epidemiological significance of ctx+ strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from seafood in Malaysia.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2004
Chen Chien-Hsien, Shimada Toshio, Elhadi Nasreldin, Radu Son, Nishibuchi Mitsuaki
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Of 97 strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from various seafoods in Malaysia in 1998 and 1999, 20 strains carried the ctx gene and produced cholera toxin. Fourteen, one, and five of these toxigenic strains belonged to the O139, O1 Ogawa, and rough serotypes, respectively. The rough strains had the...
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