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Diverse CTX phages among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an area where cholera is endemic in Bangladesh.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Nusrin Suraia, Khan G Yeahia, Bhuiyan N A, Ansaruzzaman M, Hossain M A, Safa Ashrafus, Khan Rasel, Faruque Shah M, Sack David A, Hamabata T, Takeda Yoshifumi, Nair G Balakrish
Abstract excerpt
PCR surveillance of the rstR genes of CTX phages in Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 showed no relationship between the incidence of disease and changes in the rstR but showed variations in their presence in O1 and O139 strains and the occurrence of multiple types in a few strains.
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