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Variation of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh and its correlation with the clinical strains.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Islam Mohammad Sirajul, Talukder Kaisar Ali, Khan Nurul Huda, Mahmud Zahid Hayat, Rahman Mohammed Ziaur, Nair Gopinath Balakrish, Siddique Abul K M, Yunus Mohammad, Sack David Allen, Sack Richard Bradley, Huq Anwar, Colwell Rita R
Abstract excerpt
The diversity of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh is not known. A total of 18 environmental and 18 clinical strains of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 were isolated simultaneously from four different geographical areas and tested for variation by the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis method. Environmental strains showed diversified profiles and one of the profiles was common to some...
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